American author (1879-1958)
People must have both their dreams and their dinners in this world, and when we go out of it we must take what we find.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL
The Silver Stallion
In short, I am enamored of that flawless beauty of which all poets have perturbedly divined the existence somewhere, and which life as men know it simply does not afford nor anywhere foresee.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL
Beyond Life
Nobody can live longer in peace than his neighbor chooses.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL
Jurgen
If you have been yourself you cannot reasonably be punished, but if you have been somebody else you will find that this is not permitted.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL
Figures of Earth
There seems to be no limit fixed to the conjurations of human vanity.
JAMES BRANCH CABELL
Beyond Life