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

“A man who worships things can’t ever be taught to worship abstractions.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Sound of Thunder

“But among us, in every generation, are born some bear-eyed barbarians who cannot comprehend music or the philosophic laughter or the noble tenets of Christianity.”
― Taylor Caldwell, The Sound of Thunder