The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the less time there is to say it. Gabrielle Roy More Quotes by Gabrielle Roy More Quotes From Gabrielle Roy The more the heart is nourished with happiness, the more it is insatiable. Gabrielle Roy insatiable heart Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts? Gabrielle Roy collecting knows art poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don't move about too much. You grow used to it, you end up by paying no attention to it. But once you presume to bring it out in the daylight, it becomes terrifying, you see it at last in all its squalor and you shrink from exposing it to the sun. Gabrielle Roy pain long moving Ideas often last but a day; feelings, dreams almost forever. Gabrielle Roy dream forever ideas My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness. Gabrielle Roy canada realizing would-be The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgment free. Gabrielle Roy engagement mind sweet One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth. Gabrielle Roy fate destiny earth Curiosity ran unchecked through him, like the wind outside through the deserted streets, along the canal, around the little wooden houses, everywhere, as far as the mountain. Gabrielle Roy curiosity house wind Of all things that can happen to us, triumph is the most difficult to endure when we are alone. Deprived of witnesses, it shrinks at once. Gabrielle Roy endure difficult triumph I felt the vulnerability, the fragility of the children of the world, and how it was, nonetheless, on their frail shoulders that we loaded the weight of our weary hopes and eternal new beginnings. Gabrielle Roy fragility new-beginnings children it's a funny life. Either you don't make a red cent and you have all the time in the world, or else you get double the money and you don't have a moment to spend a penny of it. Gabrielle Roy funny-life money time Every life is a tragedy, but far more the writer's life, because the more he has to see, the more deeply he understands and feels about life, the less time he has to put it down. Gabrielle Roy tragedy life-is feels The more the heart is sated with joy, the more it becomes insatiable. Gabrielle Roy more insatiable heart joy The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgement free. Gabrielle Roy keep free judgement mind
