"Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them."

-- E. O. Wilson

#Land Quotes #Ants Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“But it's hard for me to pinpoint where all my characters and dialogue come from - imagination or real life. My memoir, of course, was all about my past, and many of the short stories cleave very closely to my life, but the more stories I wrote in the collection, the more that seemed to be invented, but who knows... I think I'm writing about a young woman with acne who shoplifts, but I'm really writing about myself.”
“The federal government has been a proven failure in picking winners and losers in the energy sector.”
“It is not always easy to diagnose. The simplest form of stupidity - the mumbling, nose-picking, stolid incomprehension - can be detected by anyone. But the stupidity which disguises itself as thought, and which talks so glibly and eloquently, indeed never stops talking, in every walk of life is not so easy to identify, because it marches under a formidable name, which few dare attack. It is called Popular Opinion...”

Source : Robertson Davies (1996). “The Merry Heart: Selections 1980-1995”
“Every time you write a poem itâ€™s apocalyptic. Youâ€™re revealing who you really are to yourself.”
“It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves.”
“I don't want to go through life as a Wonder Wheel murderer!”
“I've made every mistake - but mistakes are how you learn.”
“Last memory of my mother is her being dragged away”

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