I fight against the gluttony of time with so many very amusing weapons - with gestures and with three attitudes and with charming phrases; with tears and with tinsel, and with sugar-coated pills, and with platitudes slightly regilded. (James Branch Cabell)

I fight against the gluttony of time with so many very amusing weapons - with gestures and with three attitudes and with charming phrases; with tears and with tinsel, and with sugar-coated pills, and with platitudes slightly regilded.

James Branch Cabell

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