Art and life Quotes by Marian Engel

Remember that it is not enough to have everything around you beautiful, remember that there must also be change and flux, because it is…

— Marian Engel

All intellectual missionaries tend to lechery.

— Marian Engel

Happiness is a fragile thing, and alcohol, as I know from the house I grew up in, is dangerous to it.

— Marian Engel

I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed.

— Marian Engel

There's a kind of virgin one only becomes with difficulty.

— Marian Engel

There is a difference between art and life and that difference is readability.

— Marian Engel