Best Quote by James Branch Cabell

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

Thou shalt not offend against the notions of thy neighbor.

— James Branch Cabell

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

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

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

Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.

— James Branch Cabell

“That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you…a subtle and immortal spirit.”

— James Branch Cabell

People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

— James Branch Cabell

Man alone of animals plays the ape to his dreams .

— James Branch Cabell

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

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

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