"This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life" - we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we are indeed mere supporting characters or even supernumeraries.

This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life

— we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we are indeed mere supporting characters or even supernumeraries.

Robertson Davies The Deptford Trilogy: Fifth Business/The Manticore/World of Wonders

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“This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life”

— we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we are indeed mere supporting characters or even supernumeraries.

Robertson Davies The Deptford Trilogy: Fifth Business/The Manticore/World of Wonders