I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Robertson Davies Read Quote
If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. Robertson Davies Read Quote
May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery. Robertson Davies Read Quote
The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need. Robertson Davies Read Quote
The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer. Robertson Davies Read Quote
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn’t, he should be ashamed of himself. Robertson Davies Read Quote
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 to meet artists who have given us pleasure. Robertson Davies Read Quote