Quotes
Authors
Robertson Davies

"Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position."

-- Robertson Davies

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“Collaboration operates through a process in which the successful intellectual achievements of one person arouse the intellectual passions and enthusiasms of others.”
“I am not saying that a female-dominated or Amazon society based on the oppression of men is any more "just" than is a male-dominated society based on the oppression of women. I am merely pointing out in what ways it is better for women. [Â¶] Perhaps someday a choice between forms of injustice will not be necessary.”

Source : "Women and Madness". Book by Phyllis Chesler, 2005.
“There is a curious comfort in letting go. After the agony, letting go brings numbness, and after the numbness, clarity. As if I can see the world for the first time, and my place in it, independent of you, a whole vista of what may be. Even if it is not grand or inspiring, it is real and solid, unlike the fantasy I've built around you. I will do this. I will triumph over you.”
“I find it hard to relax around any man who's got the second button on his shirt undone.”
“Scholars will argue with each other about everything.”
“An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness.”
“I hear it said of somebody that he is leading a double life. I think to myself: Just two?”
“When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.”

Source : Lorna Luft (2015). “Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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