I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me. Policemen and politicians are under some obligation to make themselves comprehensible to the intellectually stunted, but not I. Let my prose be tenebrous and rebarbative; let my pennyworth of thought be muffled in gorgeous habilements; lovers of Basic English will look to me in vain.


Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)

Robertson Davies Quotes

I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me. Policemen and politicians are under some...

I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me. Policemen and politicians are under some...

I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me. Policemen and politicians are under some...

I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me. Policemen and politicians are under some...