Deptford Trilogy Quotes

#1. There are two trilogies I admire: Robertson Davies's 'The Deptford Trilogy' and Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

Amy Bloom

#2. Mr. Robertson Davies has also suggested in his Deptford Trilogy that the same great truism which applies to writing, painting, picking horses at the track, and telling lies in a sincerely believable way, also applies to magic: some people got the knack, and some people don't. Hilly didn't.

Stephen King

#3. His failure hurt too badly for that. It was a bad equation. Best erase it and try a new one.
If adults could put aside their obsessions with such firmness, the world would undoubtedly be a better place. Robertson Davies does not say that in his Deptford Trilogy ... but he strongly hints at it.

Stephen King

#4. Sherlock: You're exaggerating. It didn't happen that often. (in relation to Irene Adler's texts) John: 57 times in the run up to Christmas. Your pocket was moaning more than Mrs Hudson. Sherlock: Thank you for that mental image.

Guy Adams

#5. Mornin', Mrs. Kyle.

S.C. Stephens

#6. These jokers were not that complicated. Death-by-stupidity was the cause as far as Tiago was concerned.

Thea Harrison

#7. I try to think what the character is thinking. Then, hopefully, I begin to feel it. I act and react not because I'm recalling a dog killed by a fire engine, but because I'm concentrating on what the character is going through.

E. G. Marshall

#8. The contrast between good and evil fades by diluting the essence of one or the other.

Craig Smedley

#9. Are you drinking because you're sad, or are you drinking to show me how sad you are?

Lauren Groff

#10. Ambrose Young felt himself slip and slide, falling helplessly
with very little resistance
in love with Fern Taylor.

Amy Harmon

#11. I wish someone would give me one shred of neutral evidence that financial innovation has led to economic growth - one shred of evidence.

Paul Volcker