“The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.”

“In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.”

“The Canadian spirit is cautious observant and critical where the American is assertive.”

“Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.”

“Queen Victoria - a mixture of national landlady and actress.”

“The mark of genius is an incessant activity of mind. Genius is a spiritual greed.”

“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It aint no disgrace to be po...”

“Youve changed me forever. And Ill never forget you.”

“Eduardo Galeano notes that America was conquered, but not discovered, that the men who arrived with a religion to impose and dreams of gold never really knew where they were, and that this discover...”

“Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity. Self pity is the worst possible emo...”

“Ours is a shockingly dead view of creation. We ourselves are the only things in the universe to which we grant an authentic vitality, and because of this we are not fully alive.”

“Americans... are forever searching for love in forms it never takes, in places it can never be. It must have something to do with the vanished frontier.”