I was never so amazed in my life as when the Sniffer drew his concealed weapon from its case and struck me to the ground, stone dead. - Robertson Davies

I don't suppose there is a country in the world where a playwright has such a tremendous field for modesty as Canada.

I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind... At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme, I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy, and wise in spite of themselves.

But what ailed Little Eva St. Clair, in Uncle Tom's Cabin? What carried off Little Nell?...They have no clear symptoms, and seem to die of Ingrowing Virtue.