Oh, we had a lot of sex back then in Montreal; it wasn’t just me. Blame it on the cold. The roses in everyone’s cheeks made them seem way more appealing than they actually were. We confused the indoors with intimacy and electric heating with connection.
~ Heather O'neill
It was time to take what he wanted. And what he wanted was her.
~ Lisa Carlisle
Let me put it this way. Canada is not so much a country as a holding tank filled with the disgruntled progeny of defeated peoples.
~ Mordecai Richler
She and Marie were Montreal girls, not trained to accompany heroes, or to hold out for dreams, but just to be patient.
~ Mavis Gallant
I've been all over the place in all kinds of living situations. Due to the fact that my mind is my own worst enemy. In a way I am perpetually and permanently in a state of rehabilitation m in an attempt to rehabilitate from the shock of being born.Some people are too sensitive to withstand that.
I was always moved when mean people were suddenly nice to me. It was a weakness that would lead me into some bad relationships later in life.
