James Branch Cabell/works

Famous quotes containing the words james, branch and/or works:

    It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
    —Henry James (1843–1916)

    The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
    —James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)

    Your hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood,
    Even where horrible green parrots call and swing.
    My works are all stamped down into the sultry mud.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)