“At what cost, now, may one attempt to write perfectly of beautiful happenings?”
James Branch Cabell (1879–1958) American author
"Auctorial Induction"
The Certain Hour (1916)
“The desire to write perfectly of beautiful happenings is, as the saying runs, old as the hills — and as immortal.”
"Auctorial Induction"
The Certain Hour (1916)
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