Every life is a tragedy, but far more the writer's life, because the more he has to see, the more deeply he understands and feels about life, the less time he has to put it down. — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don't move about too much. You grow used to it, you end… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth. — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
The more the heart is nourished with happiness, the more it is insatiable. — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say,… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
it's a funny life. Either you don't make a red cent and you have all the time in the world, or else you get… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
Every life is a tragedy, but far more the writer's life, because the more he has to see, the more deeply he understands and… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgment free. — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable. — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgement free. — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
Of all things that can happen to us, triumph is the most difficult to endure when we are alone. Deprived of witnesses, it shrinks… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
I felt the vulnerability, the fragility of the children of the world, and how it was, nonetheless, on their frail shoulders that we loaded… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
Curiosity ran unchecked through him, like the wind outside through the deserted streets, along the canal, around the little wooden houses, everywhere, as far… — Gabrielle Roy Copy Share Image
