James Branch Cabell Quote Explained: Life is very marvelous... and to the wonders of the earth there is no end appointed.

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What am I that I am called upon to have prejudices concerning the universe?

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Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors.

- James Branch Cabell

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Good and evil keep very exact accounts… and the face of every man is their ledger.

- James Branch Cabell

Evil
Faces

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I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life.

- James Branch Cabell

Literature

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A manpossessesnothing certainlysavea brief loanof his own body.

- James Branch Cabell

Body

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In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words?

- James Branch Cabell

Animal

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People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

- James Branch Cabell

Believe

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There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

- James Branch Cabell

Life is very marvelous… and to the wonders of the earth there is no end appointed.

Life is very marvelous… and to the wonders of the earth there is no end appointed.

What am I that I am called upon to have prejudices concerning the universe?

Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors.

Good and evil keep very exact accounts… and the face of every man is their ledger.

I ask of literature precisely those things of which I feel the lack in my own life.

A manpossessesnothing certainlysavea brief loanof his own body.

In what else, pray, does man differ from the other animals except in that he is used by words?

People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity. Explain

A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal.

Sometimes the Earth trembles; sometimes you can feel it breathe.

Maybe this one moment, with this one person, is the very reason we’re here on Earth at this time.

I am here tracing the History of the Earth itself, from its own Monuments.

If you are not already dead, forgive. Rancor is heavy, it is worldly; leave it on earth: die light. Explain

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

What I do know is that wondering why you survived don’t help you survive.

Life is very marvelous… and to the wonders of the earth there is no end appointed.

Life is very marvelous… and to the wonders of the earth there is no end appointed.

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