I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life. - James Branch Cabell
Every notion that any man, dead, living, or unborn, might form as to the universe will necessarily prove wrong - James Branch Cabell
The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. - James Branch Cabell
There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted. - James Branch Cabell