“Women tell men things that men are not very likely to find out for themselves.”

— Robertson Davies

"Robertson Davies: Beyond the Visible World".
Conversations with Robertson Davies (1989)

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Canadian journalist, playwright, professor, critic, and nov… 1913–1995

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