The great themes of Canadian history are as follows: Keeping the Americans out, keeping the French in, and trying to get the Natives to somehow disappear. — 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
