James Branch Cabell Quotes

"There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted."
- James Branch Cabell
(Related: Memory, Satisfaction, Temptation)

"Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?"
- James Branch Cabell

"While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction."
- James Branch Cabell
(Related: Time, Direction)

"Yet creeds mean very little, Coth answered the dark god, still speaking almost gently. The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."
- James Branch Cabell
(Related: God)

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true."
- James Branch Cabell

"Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is."
- James Branch Cabell
(Related: Poetry, Being, Man, Rebellion)

"Patriotism is the religion of hell."
- James Branch Cabell
(Related: Patriotism, Religion, Hell)

"People marry for a variety of reasons and with varying results. But to marry for love is to invite inevitable tragedy."
- James Branch Cabell
(Related: Love, People, Results, Tragedy, Variety)