“My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.”

Gabrielle Roy

“Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?”

Gabrielle Roy

“Florentine... Florentine Lacasse... half song, half squalor, half springtime, half misery,the young man murmured.”

Gabrielle Roy

“We're saying that Germany wants to destroy us. And right now in Germany a whole lot of good quiet people like us, no worse than we are, they're getting whipped into a frenzy by the same story. They're...”

Gabrielle Roy

“But Florentine was still riding the crest of her great wave...When it lifted her high she had to hold her breath. How could she ever again be bothered by these petty everyday cares? Would she ever aga...”

Gabrielle Roy