What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us.

Quote by Robertson Davies

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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...

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...

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...

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...

The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind,...

The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind,...

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

Only a fool expects to be happy all the time.

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.

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...

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English.

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...

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact...

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact...

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.

When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there...

When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there...

I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the...

I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the...