Margaret Laurence was a great Canadian fiction writer. Born in Neepawa, Manitoba in 1926, she spent her childhood without her parents and was raised by her aunt. She is best known for her Manawaka novels, "The Stone Angel," "A Jest of God," "The Fire Dwellers," and "The Diviners," all of whi...

"Love is the parent of illusion, and the child of disillusion. " observed Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo, a Spanish philosopher and author. His statement was a very keen one, indeed. Love, among other things, has distracted people through the ages. Everyone is blinded by things in their life; then,...