The Torontonians Quotes

“Civilization, when it took you beyond the necessity to know how to snare a rabbit, moved you into an area where you fought for mental and moral survival. And whether or not you won this particular kind of battle depended to a great extent on where you fought it, and with what weapons. That is, if you fought at all. If you did anything beyond labelling yourself 'I, the victor'—while stripping cellophane from fresh-frozen rabbit beside a suburban barbecue.”
― Phyllis Brett Young, The Torontonians

“Of course, you could not say that a community with a Loblaw's that supplied Shakespeare was entirely devoid of culture. But damn near. Damn near.”
― Phyllis Brett Young, The Torontonians