It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star: but even so - and all the more - what marvelous creatures we are! What fairy story, what tale from the Arabian Nights of the jinns, is a hundredth part as wonderful as this true fairy story of simians! It is so much more heartening, too, than the tales we invent. A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is - blind or not - a good world to live in, a promising universe. . . . We once thought we lived on God's footstool, it may be a throne.
Clarence DayWhen eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.
Clarence DayThe poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn to themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times.
Clarence DayIf your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.
Clarence Day