“There, stacked high on his desk, was a tower of paper. Thick slabs of manuscript. Slush. Unsolicited, unagented, unloved. This was where… — Will Ferguson Dreams 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,”… — Will Ferguson Life 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… — Will Ferguson Bleeding 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,… — 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… — Will Ferguson Canadians Copy Share Image
Hellraisers destroy only themselves, and they do it because they love life too much to fall asleep. — Will Ferguson Fall 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… — Will Ferguson Art 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.… — Will Ferguson Nostalgia 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… — Will Ferguson Beyond my control 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… — Will Ferguson Rain 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… — Will Ferguson Canada Copy Share Image
“Fear of death and the desire to live on, somehow, if only through our children. Or our grandchildren. Quixotic quest for immortality.… — Will Ferguson Adventure Copy Share Image
“As a parent, my fear is that when we die, we'll have to watch all those moments in our lives when we… — Will Ferguson Bad mood Copy Share Image
Many Canadian nationalists harbour the bizarre fear that should we ever reject royalty, we would instantly mutate into Americans, as though the… — Will Ferguson Bizarre Copy Share Image
The great themes of Canadian history are as follows: Keeping the Americans out, keeping the French in, and trying to get the… — Will Ferguson Canadian history Copy Share Image
“You know, kid, ethics isn't about choosing between right and wrong; it's about choosing between grey and grey. It's about choosing between… — Will Ferguson Choice Copy Share Image
“As a parent? My fear is that when we die, we'll have to watch all those moments in our lives when we… — Will Ferguson Bad mood Copy Share Image
“and debris, and her husband and I settled back, sucking on toothpicks like a pair of feudal lords. This may sound sexist… — Will Ferguson Marriage Copy Share Image
With or without the Royals, we are not Americans. Nor are we British. Or French. Or Void. We are something else. And… — Will Ferguson British Copy Share Image
You know what made us the biggest, meanest, Big Mac eating, calorie-counting, world-dominating kick-ass powerhouse country in the history of the human… — Will Ferguson America Copy Share Image
“Deferring judgement to a later date resolves nothing and all you are left with is a box of jumbled slides and a… — Will Ferguson Decision making Copy Share Image
Human nature, at its best, had always been based on a deep heroic restlessness, on wanting something-something else, something more, whether it… — Will Ferguson Attainment Copy Share Image
“Obviously, he needed to kill Bubba, but how? The man was a trained prison guard twice his size. The tax auditors had… — Will Ferguson Copy Share Image
