Laurel

“Only a civilized man, born of civilized ancestors, can really laugh at—things. And even life. Barbarians can only get drunk, and fight, and they’re serious as all hell, like other animals.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Sound of Thunder

“Remember my own school days; the brightest boys turned out to be bookkeepers or clerks later; the dull boys, or the boys the teachers thought were dull, are the ones now splashing around in golden fountains, or writing the great books or painting the fine pictures or managing big corporations.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Sound of Thunder

“Who was it that had said, “Beware of the wrath of a patient man”?”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Sound of Thunder

“Thing-worshipers. Not idea-worshipers.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Sound of Thunder