“The human yearning for innocent pastime is a pathetic thing, come to think about it. It shows what a desperately grim thing life has become.” — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh. — Christopher Morley Copy Share
Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or… — Christopher Morley Copy Share
All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. — Christopher Morley Copy Share
People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too. — Christopher Morley Copy Share
“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning. A man should be learning as he goes; and he should be… — Christopher Morley Copy Share
A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by. — Christopher Morley Copy Share
Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion… They begin haphazard. — Christopher Morley Copy Share
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking. — Christopher Morley Copy Share
If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied… — Christopher Morley Copy Share
High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead. — Christopher Morley Copy Share
The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. — Christopher Morley Copy Share
“Calling us men doesn't make us men. No creature on earth has a right to think himself a human being if he doesn't know at least… — Christopher Morley Copy Share
