There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
James Branch CabellFor although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most sonorous language employed upon both sides, it somehow failed to bring about either the reformation or the ruin of humankind: and after the conclusion of the murdering and general breakage, the world went on pretty much as it has done after all other wars, with a vague notion that a deal of time and effort had been unprofitably invested, and a conviction that it would be inglorious to say so.
James Branch CabellPoetry is man's rebellion against being what he is
James Branch CabellThe optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
James Branch CabellBut with man the case is otherwise, in that when logic leads to any humiliating
conclusion, the sole effect is to discredit logic.
Now, but these three," cried Jurgen, "are the glory of Philistia: and of all that Philistia has produced, it is these three alone, whom living ye made least of, that today are honored wherever art is honored, and where nobody bothers one way or the other about Philistia.
James Branch CabellPoetry is man’s rebellion against being what he is. (1879-1958)
James Branch CabellTags: poetry
...[we] has left nothing durable to signalize his stay upon this planet.
[we]eventually dies to the honest regret of [our] associates.
Everything in life is miraculous. It rests within the power of each of us to awaken from a dragging nightmare of life made up of unimportant tasks and tedious useless little habits to see life as it really is, and to rejoice in its exquisite wonderfulness.
James Branch CabellTags: life
That moving carcass does but very inadequately symbolizes you....a subtle and immortal spirit.
James Branch CabellTags: life life-lessons body spirituality-of-imperfection
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