For although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most sonorous language employed upon both sides, it somehow failed to bring about either the reformation or the ruin… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share Image
American literature was enriched with Men Who Loved Allison … Of the actual and eventual worth of this romance I cannot pretend to be… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
Oh, do the Overlords of Life and Death always provide some obstacle to prevent what all of us have known in youth was possible… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
I am Manuel. I have lived in the loneliness which is common to all men, but the difference is that I have known it.… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart. — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
“That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you…a subtle and immortal spirit.” — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
I was born, I think, with the desire to make beautiful books — brave books that would preserve the glories of the Dream untarnished,… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
There are many of our so-called captains on industry who, if the truth were told, and a shorter and uglier word were not unpermissible,… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower, But the other smiles at transparent wiles; and he quotes from Schopenhauer . Thus… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
“...[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet. [we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates.” — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
Here was the astounding fact: the race did go forward; the race did achieve; and in every way the race grew better. Progress through… — James Branch Cabell Copy Share
