May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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

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

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

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of...

Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of...

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...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

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...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because...

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible)...

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

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.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

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

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

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

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.

We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we...

We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also...

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also...