The real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of.
H. L. MenckenIt is almost as safe to assume that an artist of any dignity is against his country, i.e., against the environment in which God hath placed him, as it is to assume that his country is against the artist.
H. L. MenckenOne does not arise from such a book as Sister Carrie with a smirk of satisfaction; one leaves it infinitely touched.
H. L. Mencken