Before she continued her search she sat in his revolving desk chair, and wept for the passing of time, and the necessary death of the well-loved, wis… - Robertson Davies

Thought and reason, unless matched by feelings, are empty, delusive things.

I seemed to be the only person I knew without a plan that would put the world on its feet and wipe the tear from every eye.

The peak of my school experience of Shakespeare came in my senior matriculation year; the set play was "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and it was taught by a solemn donkey who understood nothing but the political organization of fairyland. I well remember him dictating a long note which began, "The fairies live in fairyland full stop. They have a king comma and a queen."