JAMES BRANCH CABELL QUOTES III

American author (1879-1958)

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


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


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


Nobody can live longer in peace than his neighbor chooses.

JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Jurgen


There seems to be no limit fixed to the conjurations of human vanity.

JAMES BRANCH CABELL

Beyond Life