Calgary Quotes

“In Toronto, fans applaud; in Vancouver, they cheer; but in Calgary, they howl hair-raising, guttural paroxysms of zeal.”
― Dave Bidini, On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock

“Pilar peered out her window at the barren foothills shroud in mist and shadows cast by low-lying clouds. Bits of brush and the grey skeletons of dormant plants protruded from mounds of snow. A Canadian Pacific train, the colour of rust, slowly ran parallel to the highway.”
― Lisa Bush, City Hall

“Night cloaked the sky. Venus hovered overhead surrounded by traces of stars. The temperature must have dropped, as tears stung Ada’s eyes. She wiped them away with a bare hand. She hadn’t bothered with her gloves or her hood. There was no need to. As Ada navigated across the cul-de-sac, towards her home, silhouetted against the night, she felt no cold. She felt nothing at all.”
― Lisa Bush, City Hall

“Leaving Calgary the first time around 1973 was a wrenching experience, filled with the drama of being ten, the youngest in a family of crazy people. I have told this story to nearly everyone I have ever met in my life, and as I get older I recognize how this one event changed the direction of my life.”
― Cathy Burrell