Robertson Davies

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. - Robertson Davies

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. - Robertson Davies

Much may be learned about any society by studying the behavior and accepted ideas of its children, for children - and sometimes adults - are shadows of their parents, and what they believe and what they do are often what their parents believe in their hearts and would do if society would put up with it. - Robertson Davies (from 'What's Bred in the Bone')