I read and learned and fretted more about Canada after I left than I ever did while I was home. I absorbed anything I could on topics that ranged from Folklore to history to political mainifestos... I ranted and raved… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
With or without the Royals, we are not Americans. Nor are we British. Or French. Or Void. We are something else. And the sooner we define this, the better. — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“There, stacked high on his desk, was a tower of paper. Thick slabs of manuscript. Slush. Unsolicited, unagented, unloved. This was where dreams came… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“...the most important aspects of someone’s life are the very things not listed in an index.' There were never entries for “memory,” or 'regrets,'… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
You ever want to negotiate a hostage situation in Quebec, I'm your man. Send me in for a little parley and the francophone miscreants… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Despair comes slowly, crawling its way up inside you until it threatens to overwhelm everything; it buckles the knees, makes you falter, makes you… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“We have inherited an easy life in Canada. A life of calm. It is freedom of a lazy sort, a freedom so pervasive we… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
Hellraisers destroy only themselves, and they do it because they love life too much to fall asleep. — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“...when you are constantly prevailing upon the kindness of strangers-as a hitchhiker must-it keeps you in a positive frame of mind. Call it Zen… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“The two most important phrases in the human language are "If only" and "Maybe someday". Our past mistakes and our unrequited longings. The things… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
I read and learned and fretted more about Canada after I left than I ever did while I was home. I absorbed anything I… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Storms without rain. Winds without water. She woke, and when she sat up, the dust fountained off her and the voice that accompanied her… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“More polar bears live in Canada than in the rest of the world combined, which raises the question, Why the hell did we choose… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“Fear of death and the desire to live on, somehow, if only through our children. Or our grandchildren. Quixotic quest for immortality. It's sad… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
“As a parent, my fear is that when we die, we'll have to watch all those moments in our lives when we were short… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
Many Canadian nationalists harbour the bizarre fear that should we ever reject royalty, we would instantly mutate into Americans, as though the Canadian sense… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
