Robertson Davies Quote

I am constantly astonished by the people, otherwise intelligent, who think that anything so complex and delicate as a marriage can be left to take care of itself. One sees them fussing about all sorts of lesser concerns, apparently unaware that side by side with them — often in the same bed — a human creature is perishing from lack of affection, of emotional malnutrition.


The Pleasures of Love


I am constantly astonished by the people, otherwise intelligent, who think that anything so complex and delicate as a marriage can be left to take...

I am constantly astonished by the people, otherwise intelligent, who think that anything so complex and delicate as a marriage can be left to take...

I am constantly astonished by the people, otherwise intelligent, who think that anything so complex and delicate as a marriage can be left to take...

I am constantly astonished by the people, otherwise intelligent, who think that anything so complex and delicate as a marriage can be left to take...