If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to...

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to...

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of...

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision.

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody...

Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said,...

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets...

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power...

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books...

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Joey: Beth is really sick, I don't think they can do anything for her. Rachel:...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...