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It was not his to choose from what volume or on which page thereof he would read; accident, as it seemed, decided that; but the chance-opened page lay unblurred before him, and he saw it with a clarity denied to other men of his generation.

— James Branch Cabell The Cream of the Jest (1917)

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You must permit that I begin it in my own way, with what may to you at first seem dream-stuff.

The Cream of the Jest (1917)

The desire to write perfectly of beautiful happenings is, as the saying runs, old as the hills — and as immortal.

The Certain Hour (1916)

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

The Silver Stallion (1926)

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

Jurgen (1919)

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.

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