“Some few there must be in every age and every land of whom life claims nothing very insistently save that they write perfectly of beautiful happenings.” WritingAgeBeautifulLandHappeningsClaims Book:The Certain Hour Source: The Certain Hour
“I was born, I think, with the desire to make beautiful books — brave books that would preserve the glories of the Dream untarnished, and would re-create them for battered people, and re-awaken joy and magnanimity.” PeopleThinkingBookDreamBeautifulJoyDesireBornGloryBravePreservesBatteredMagnanimityBeautiful Books Book:The Essential James Branch Cabell Collection Source: The Essential James Branch Cabell Collection
“The desire to write perfectly of beautiful happenings is, as the saying runs, old as the hills — and as immortal.” WritingRunningBeautifulDesireHappeningsHillsImmortal Book:The Certain Hour Source: The Certain Hour