But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and that the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
“There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so obscure we… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
The Socialists can scheme their schemes and the Liberals can dream their dreams, but we, at least, have work to do. — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted. — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
In comparison with a loving human being, everything else is worthless. — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
“Timothy's eyes followed the straight back, the high shoulders, and the crisp white hair out of the door and out of his life --… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
“This campus was an island of quiet in the city's roar, and at night it was an island of dark in the city's blaze.” — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
“Marx is only half right when he calls religion the opium of the people. It may turn a lot of people into sheep, but… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
Love, sought as an escape from the burden of the self, turns rapidly into a captivity. — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
Man is a thinking animal, a talking animal, a toolmaking animal, a building animal, a political animal, a fantasizing animal. But, in the twilight… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
“There is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
“It was as though the whole world was thrown back six or seven hundred years without having the organizations those ancient peoples had." He… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
“Wise Penelope! That's was Odysseus said to his wife when he got home. I don't think he ever told her he loved her. He… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
“He sat down again. He wanted her body, even though there were plenty of other bodies he could have. Which meant, I suppose, that… — Hugh MacLennan Copy Share Image
