#cana

We didn't stow away!" Dan protested. "You sunk our boat and pulled us out of the canal!" "Good point," Ian agreed. "Return them to the canal. Roughly, please. ↗

— Gordon Korman

#dan-cahill #humor #ian-kabra #venice #humor

What kind of hellish punishment does Lev have planned if he needs the females’ crazy magic moon water? Nothing Talon has ever heard of but the gryphon is a recluse and stories about him keep children from sneaking out alone; a terribly convoluted mixture of the rogue army attack on his eyrie, death, and the name Lev, one of the few survivors mean enough to live through it. ↗

— Elizabeth Munro

#fantasy #griffon #gryphon #shifter #death

The abscess is a distant memory. The pain is gone. This dinner with her hosts and her health-care team, this week of seeing another country and another culture, this time of being in demand, this moment is reality. I am a lucky girl, (Judy) thinks. ↗

— Shireen Jeejeebhoy

#canadian-history #health #inspirational #medicine #inspirational

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street. ↗

— Benjamin Walker

#actually #canal #career #decisions #i

We made a demand for the the same wage rates to be paid in the Canadian plants as in the U.S. plants. ↗

— Leonard Woodcock

#demand #made #paid #plants #rates

Canada is a good country to be from. It has a gentler slower pace - it lends perspective. ↗

— Paul Anka

#country #gentler #good #lends #pace

The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?' ↗

— Margaret Atwood

#beginning #boring #canadian #cultural #i

The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us. ↗

— Gary Bettman

#been #canada #canadian #franchises #hockey

The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women. ↗

— Emily Carr

#canada #consider #decided #despise #essentially

But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel continue anti-terrorist operations in the Persian Gulf. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#canada #canadian #continue #crucial #global