"A colleague of mine in the political science department told me once that the priest who prepared her for her first communion said, 'Take whatever you want from life. Take it, but be prepared to pay for it.'"
–– Gail Bowen (b. 1942), Canadian author and playwright
Source: Gail Bowen. The Legacy: A Joanne Kilbourn Mystery. Toronto: ECW Press, 2023; p. 213.
via: Commonplace Book, 2024, p. 18.
"Ed nodded. "My father was killed in a car accident before I was born. He was a trumpet player. When I got old enough, I used to spend hours with his old trumpet. Holding something he had held was the only way I know to bring him close.""
–– Gail Bowen (b. 1942), Canadian author and playwright
Source: Gail Bowen. A Killing Spring. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1994, p. 76.
via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2018 e, 2018, p. 6.
""Know the truth about the teller and you'll know the truth about the tale.""
–– Gail Bowen (b. 1942), Canadian author and playwright
Source: Gail Bowen. A Colder Kind of Death. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1994, p. 86.
via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2018 e, 2018, p. 6.
"A Cree elder had told me once that the medicine wheel is a mirror that helps a person see what cannot be seen with the eyes. "Travel the four directions of the circle," she said. "Seek understanding in the four great ways." ... "A seeker must be calm and receptive."
–– Gail Bowen (b. 1942), Canadian author and playwright
Source: Gail Bowen. A Colder Kind of Death. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1994, p. 54.
via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook 2018 e, 2018, p. 5.
"Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant."
–– Gail Bowen (b. 1942), Canadian author and playwright
Source: Gail Bowen. The Gifted. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2013.
via: Anvil Sketchbook, 2018, p. 73.
"Taylor once told me that making art allows her to see what she's been thinking all along."
–– Gail Bowen (b. 1942), Canadian author and playwright
Source: Gail Bowen. The Gifted. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2013, p. 89.
via: Sketchbook A, 2018, p. 72.
"Robertson Davies wrote that when fate sends a message, it is spiritual suicide to resist."
–– Gail Bowen (b. 1942), Canadian author and playwright
Source: Gail Bowen. The Gifted. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2013, p. 30.
via: Sketchbook A, 2018, p. 69.
