Best Robertson Davies Lines
- This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we are… All
- To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the… Apt
- The egotist is all surface; underneath is a pulpy mess and a lot of self-doubt. But the egoist may be yielding and even deferential in… All
- Love affairs are for emotional sprinters; the pleasures of love are for the emotional marathoners. Affair
- Money, it is often said, does not bring happiness; it must be added, however, that it makes it possible to support unhappiness with exemplary fortitude. Added
- You're all mad for words. Words are just farts from a lot of fools who have swallowed too many books. Give me things! All
- Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate… Adjusts
- The women we really love are the women who complete us, who have the qualities we can borrow and so become something nearer to whole… Alike
- All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children.... All
- I was afraid and did not know what I feared, which is the worst kind of fear. Afraid
- The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past. Fact
- All mothers think their children are oaks, but the world never lacks for cabbages. All
- We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that it is delightful… Artists
- The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past. Fact
- Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision. Easy
- You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery. Forever
- If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an exceedingly difficult secret language that only skilled professional readers and… Advantage
- The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut up Dare
- The people who fear humor - and there are many -are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights to question received opinions… Fear
- Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am not at all sure that neglect of it does not… All
- The people who are always monkeying with these great books to make them fully (comprehensible) have no friend in me, for in their realm the… Always Monkeying
- Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and… Been
- It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet one he is likely to be a fascinating monster Everybody
- Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life - If you… Considering
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