Christopher Morley

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Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.


— Christopher Morley


#age

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful, but the beauty is grim.


— Christopher Morley


#beauty

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.


— Christopher Morley


#answers #every #heart #man #nerve

Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.


— Christopher Morley


#bookshop #bookshops #brain #ideas #mankind

That's when a woman finds herself--when she's in love. I don't care if she is old or fat or homely or prosy. She feels that little flutter under her ribs and she drops from the tree like a ripe plum.


— Christopher Morley


#home

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.


— Christopher Morley


#beauty #cities #gallant #grim #mad

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.


— Christopher Morley


#end #expect #get #into #like

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.


— Christopher Morley


#being #human #human being #ingenious #plumbing

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.


— Christopher Morley


#future #nicest #nicest people #people #very

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.


— Christopher Morley


#good #good life #ingredients #learning #life






About Christopher Morley






Did you know about Christopher Morley?

For most of his life he lived in Roslyn Estates Nassau County Long Island commuting to the city on the Long Island Rail Road about which he wrote affectionately. Out of enthusiasm for the Sherlock Holmes stories he helped to found the Baker Street Irregulars and wrote the introduction to the standard omnibus edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes. On 14 June 1914 he married Helen Booth Fairchild with whom he would have four children including Louise Morley Cochrane.

He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. Christopher Morley (May 5 1890 – March 28 1957) was an American journalist novelist essayist and poet.