Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut...

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,...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet...

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them.

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)...

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

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...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the...

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...

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily...

The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

There are times when I think that the reading I have done in the past...

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

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.

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...

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...

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.

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.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less...

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less...