Hugh MacLennan Quotes

• But that night as I drove back to Montreal, I at least discovered this: that there is no simple explanation for anything important any of us do, and that the human tragedy, or the human irony, consists in the necessity of living with the consequences of actions performed under the pressure of compulsions so obscure we do not and cannot understand them.

  Hugh MacLennan

  Simple, Night, Tragedy

  Hugh MacLennan (2009). “Watch that Ends the Night”, p.266, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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• Man is a thinking animal, a talking animal, a toolmaking animal, a building animal, a political animal, a fantasizing animal. But, in the twilight of a civilization he is chiefly a taxpaying animal.

  Hugh MacLennan

  Twilight, Animal, Men

  Hugh MacLennan (2011). “Voices in Time”, p.182, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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• In comparison with a loving human being, everything else is worthless.

  Hugh MacLennan

  Humans, Human Beings, Comparison

  Hugh Maclennan (2009). “Each Man's Son”, p.310, New Canadian Library

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• Love, sought as an escape from the burden of the self, turns rapidly into a captivity.

  Hugh MacLennan

  Self, Captivity, Burden

  Hugh MacLennan (1975). “The watch that ends the night: a novel”, Macmillan of Canada, 1975

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• The Socialists can scheme their schemes and the Liberals can dream their dreams, but we, at least, have work to do.

  Hugh MacLennan

  Dream, Schemes

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• The Greeks, who knew everything, understood that without the orgy there is no middle ground between bedlam and Toronto ... we need the healing grace of the orgy in this country.

  Hugh MacLennan

  Country, Healing, Grace

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• The farmer's way of saving money: to be owed by someone he trusted.

  Hugh MacLennan

  Money, Saving, Way

  Hugh Maclennan (2009). “Two Solitudes”, p.119, New Canadian Library

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