The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. Christopher Morley More Quotes by Christopher Morley More Quotes From Christopher Morley There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we inhabit when we read a good book. Christopher Morley earthheavenbook A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing. Christopher Morley crazysillyfunny One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings. Christopher Morley penaltiesbeing-humanhumanity Truth is what every man sees lurking at the bottom of his own soul, like the oyster shell housewives put in the kitchen kettle to collect the lime from the water. By and by each man's iridescent oyster shell of Truth becomes coated with the lime of prejudice and hearsay. Christopher Morley oysterswatermen Truth, like milk, arrives in the dark But even so, wise dogs don't bark. Only mongrels make it hard For the milkman to come up the yard. Christopher Morley wisedogdark Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Christopher Morley readingbookthinking Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty. Christopher Morley noveltywomenworld It will be a shock to men when they realize that thoughts that were fast enough for today are not fast enough for tomorrow. But thinking tomorrow's thoughts today is one kind of future life. Christopher Morley menlifethinking Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion.... They begin haphazard. Christopher Morley growing-upfashionfriendship They go in [to the library] not because they need any certain volume but because they feel that there may be some book that needs them. Christopher Morley librarybookneeds From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance. Christopher Morley eyeliteraturemean Poetry comes with anger, hunger and dismay; it does not often visit groups of citizens sitting down to be literary together, and would appal them if it did. Christopher Morley sitting-downpoetrytogether There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters can be published. Christopher Morley certainletterspeople A mind too proud to unbend over the small ridiculosa of life is as painful as a library with no trash in it. Christopher Morley libraryproudmind New York is Babylon : Brooklyn is the truly Holy City. New York is the city of envy, office work, and hustle; Brooklyn is the region of homes and happiness.... There is no hope for New Yorkers, for their glory in Their skyscraping sins; but in Brooklyn there is the wisdom of the lowly. Christopher Morley office-worknew-yorkhome Truth is the ricochet of a prejudice bouncing off a fact. Christopher Morley prejudicetruthfacts Everybody thinks of others as being excessively human, with all the frailties and crotchets appertaining to that curious condition. But each of us also seems to regard himself as existing on a detached plane of observation, exempt (save in moments of avid crisis) from the strange whims of humanity en masse. Christopher Morley avidhumanitythinking The little Plumpuppets are fairies of beds; They have nothing to do but watch sleepyheads; They turn down the sheets and they tuck you in tight, And dance on your pillow to wish you good night! Christopher Morley bedgood-nightwish The world has been printing books for 450 years, and yet gunpowder still has a wider circulation. Never mind! Printer's ink is the greater explosive: it will win. Christopher Morley winningbookyears Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or refutes some human error. Christopher Morley hungererrorsbook
