“...the irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter; it's the belief that counts. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“Be sure you choose what you believe and know why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“Life, as he conceived of it, was a long decline from a glorious past, and if a reader approaches a newspaper in… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Too much traffic with a quotation book begets a conviction of ignorance in a sensitive reader. Not only is there a mass… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don't choose your beliefs, you may be… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“We come to God in little steps, not a leap, and that love of police-court truth you think so much of comes… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“...the irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If you're going to do something that looks evil, don't smear it with icing and pretend it's good; just bloody well do it and… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
If I had to describe my remarks this evening frankly as if I were in police court and on oath, so to speak I… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I don't suppose God laughs at the people who think He doesn't exist. He's above jokes. But the devil isn't. That's one of his… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“My lifelong involvement with Mrs Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock p.m. on 27 December 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
