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Robertson Davies Quotes

All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children Picture Quote #1

I was afraid and did not know what I feared, which is the worst kind of fear Picture Quote #1

When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts Picture Quote #1

One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets idly, looking like cannibals during a shortage of missionaries Picture Quote #1

If you don't hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what you'll get Picture Quote #1

There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go mad, or die Picture Quote #1

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If you’re going to do something that looks evil, don’t smear it with icing and pretend it’s good; just bloody well do it and keep your eyes peeled Picture Quote #1

Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don’t choose your beliefs, you may be certain that some belief, and probably not a very credible one, will choose you Picture Quote #1

The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in the hope of making some impression upon the inertia and the immovability of the selfish old Picture Quote #1

And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object Picture Quote #1

Civilization rests on two things: the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and the voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it to you, where would this splendid civilization be without both? Picture Quote #1

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Nobody who looks as though he enjoyed life is ever called distinguished, though he is a man in a million Picture Quote #1

Secrets are the blood of life. Every big thing is a secret, even when you know it, because you never know all of it. If you can know everything about anything, it is not worth knowing Picture Quote #1

We have educated ourselves into a world from which wonder, and he fear and dread and splendor and freedom of wonder have been banished. Of course wonder is costly. You couldn’t incorporate it into a modern state, beacuse it is the antithesis of the anxiously worshiped security which is what a modern state is asked to give. Wonder is marvellous but it is also cruel, cruel, cruel. It is undemocratic, discriminatory and pitiless Picture Quote #1

Pessimism is a very easy way out because it is a short view of life. If you look at what is happening around us today, you can’t help but feel that life is a terrible complexity of problems. But if you look back a few thousand years, you realize that we have advanced fantastically. If you take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of mankind Picture Quote #1

A pig can learn more tricks than a dog, but has too much sense to want to do it Picture Quote #1

Now, very few are men of science in any very serious sense; they’re men of technique Picture Quote #1

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Whether you are really right or wrong doesn’t matter; it’s the belief that counts Picture Quote #1

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All real fantasy is serious. Only faked fantasy is not serious. That is why it is so wrong to impose faked fantasy on children (Robertson Davies Quotes) I was afraid and did not know what I feared, which is the worst kind of fear (Robertson Davies Quotes) When a man is down on his luck he seems to consume all he can get of coffee and doughnuts (Robertson Davies Quotes) One can always tell it's summer when one sees school teachers hanging about the streets idly, looking like cannibals during a shortage of missionaries (Robertson Davies Quotes) If you don't hurry up and let life know what you want, life will damned soon show you what you'll get (Robertson Davies Quotes) There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go mad, or die (Robertson Davies Quotes) If you’re going to do something that looks evil, don’t smear it with icing and pretend it’s good; just bloody well do it and keep your eyes peeled (Robertson Davies Quotes) Be sure to choose what you believe and why you believe it, because if you don’t choose your beliefs, you may be certain that some belief, and probably not a very credible one, will choose you (Robertson Davies Quotes) If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness (Robertson Davies Quotes) The young are often accused of exaggerating their troubles; they do so, very often, in the hope of making some impression upon the inertia and the immovability of the selfish old (Robertson Davies Quotes) And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object (Robertson Davies Quotes) Civilization rests on two things: the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and the voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it to you, where would this splendid civilization be without both? (Robertson Davies Quotes) Nobody who looks as though he enjoyed life is ever called distinguished, though he is a man in a million (Robertson Davies Quotes) Secrets are the blood of life. Every big thing is a secret, even when you know it, because you never know all of it. If you can know everything about anything, it is not worth knowing (Robertson Davies Quotes) We have educated ourselves into a world from which wonder, and he fear and dread and splendor and freedom of wonder have been banished. Of course wonder is costly. You couldn’t incorporate it into a modern state, beacuse it is the antithesis of the anxiously worshiped security which is what a modern state is asked to give. Wonder is marvellous but it is also cruel, cruel, cruel. It is undemocratic, discriminatory and pitiless (Robertson Davies Quotes) Pessimism is a very easy way out because it is a short view of life. If you look at what is happening around us today, you can’t help but feel that life is a terrible complexity of problems. But if you look back a few thousand years, you realize that we have advanced fantastically. If you take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of mankind (Robertson Davies Quotes) A pig can learn more tricks than a dog, but has too much sense to want to do it (Robertson Davies Quotes) Now, very few are men of science in any very serious sense; they’re men of technique (Robertson Davies Quotes) Whether you are really right or wrong doesn’t matter; it’s the belief that counts (Robertson Davies Quotes)

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