Canada has one of the highest rates of insanity in any civilized country and one reason might be that life in many places is so desperately dull.

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.

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.

Fiction is not photography, it's oil painting.

Canada has one of the highest rates of insanity in any civilized country and one reason might be that life in many places is so desperately dull.

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.

The dog is a yes-animal. Very popular with people who can't afford a yes man.