All Robertson Davies Quotes
The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater.
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The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.
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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
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I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them.
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To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
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The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.
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The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need.
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Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.
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Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.
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Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures.
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