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"Southern Ontario, formerly one of the most brutally inarticulate communities in human history, now finds itself in possession of James Reaney, Alice Munro, Robertson Davies, Margaret Laurence, Al Purdy and a dozen other people.  The community as a whole has not grasped the real importance of this fact."

~ Northrop Frye, cultural critic, address, Options Conference, University of Toronto, Oct., 1977.
FAMOUS LASTING WORDS Great Canadian Quotations, John Robert Colombo, 2000.

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"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts.  You are connected to your child and to all those who touch your lives.  A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child."

~Sophia Loren, Italian actress (b. September 20, 1934)


"Hold fast the time!  Guard it, watch over it, every hour, every minute!  Unregarded it slips away. . . Hold every moment sacred.  Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment."

~ Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955) German novelist.