Robertson Davies Quotes


30 quotes:

"I think of an author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, ''I will tell you a story,'' and then he passes the hat."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Writers And Writing Quotes
"It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet one he is likely to be a fascinating monster"
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Romance Quotes
"One of the most difficult tasks for the educated and sophisticated mind is to recognize that some clichés are also important truths"
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Mind Quotes
"The love of truth lies at the root of much humor"
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Humorous Quotes
"Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Happiness Quotes
"The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact a return to the idealized past"
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Future Quotes
"The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities"
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Fear Quotes
"The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Eyes Quotes
"In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth"
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Experience Quotes
"For I was a collaborator with Destiny, not one who put a pistol to its head and demanded particular treasures"
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Destiny Quotes
"Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass of quotable stuff he never quotes, but an even vaster realm of which he has never heard."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Conviction Quotes Quotes Quotes
"If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional and common sense continual."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Common Sense Quotes
"The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Quality Quotes Canadian Novelist Quotes
"Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Circumstance Quotes Canadian Novelist Quotes
"Few people can see genius in someone who has offended them."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Genius Quotes Canadian Novelist Quotes
"I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Ideas Quotes Canadian Novelist Quotes
"Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Vision Quotes Canadian Novelist Quotes
"Only a fool expects to be happy all the time."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Fools And Foolishness Quotes Canadian Novelist Quotes
"What we call luck is the inner man externalized. We make things happen to us."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Luck Quotes Canadian Novelist Quotes
"Canada is not really a place where you are encouraged to have large spiritual adventures."
Author: Davies Quotes Category: Canada Quotes Canadian Novelist Quotes

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