A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.
Clarence DayThe artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go on, it is labor.
Clarence DayThe worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.
Clarence DayThe world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow old and die out; and, after an era of darkness, new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again, and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the hearts of men centuries dead.
Clarence Day