There is no reason to suppose that people today feel less than their grandfathers, but there is good reason to think that they are less able to read in a way which makes them feel. It is natural for them to blame books rather than themselves, and to demand fiction which is highly peppered, like a glutton whose palate is defective.


A Voice from the Attic (1960)

Robertson Davies Quotes

There is no reason to suppose that people today feel less than their grandfathers, but there is good reason to think that they are less able to read...

There is no reason to suppose that people today feel less than their grandfathers, but there is good reason to think that they are less able to read...

There is no reason to suppose that people today feel less than their grandfathers, but there is good reason to think that they are less able to read...

There is no reason to suppose that people today feel less than their grandfathers, but there is good reason to think that they are less able to read...