If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. - Robertson Davies. View more images...

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 take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of man or the future of the world - Robertson Davies. View more images...

The love that dare not speak its name has become the love that won't shut up - Robertson Davies. View more images...

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and 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. View more images...

I was not sure I wanted to issue orders to life; I rather liked the Greek notion of allowing Chance to take a formative hand in my affairs - Robertson Davies. View more images...