Usually quoted with "Anything" unspaced (as in the title p. 7), sometimes quoted spaced (as in the art p. 273, as<!--variant requoted in full to be googlable too--> "Any<!--spaced--> <!--here-->thing done for the first time unleashes a demon.") because the cover art http://www.comics.org/issue/175338/ piles "Any" and "thing" (though they are joined, the leg of the "y" being also the bar of the "t").<br>Compare to a quote misattributed to Emily Dickinson: "Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon." (origin and date unknown, also attributed to Dave Sim<!-- https://books.google.com/books?id=q4D2Xz5N3xkC&pg=PA66 -->) <br class="br">Church & State volume I (1987)
Dave Sim: Quotes about time
Dave Sim is Canadian cartoonist, creator of Cerebus. Explore interesting quotes on time.Source: Cerebus Guide to Self-Publishing (1997), p. 27
“Anything done for the first time unleashes a demon.”
Cover and title of Cerebus #65, August 1984, collected in Church & State I, p. 7 and 273 <br class="br">Usually quoted with "Anything" unspaced (as in the title p. 7), sometimes quoted spaced (as in the art p. 273, as "Any thing done for the first time unleashes a demon.") because the cover art http://www.comics.org/issue/175338/ piles "Any" and "thing" (though they are joined, the leg of the "y" being also the bar of the "t"). <br class="br">Compare to a quote misattributed to Emily Dickinson: "Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon." (origin and date unknown, also attributed to Dave Sim) <br class="br">Church & State volume I (1987)