Don Marquis

The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to read more

The things that I can't have I want, And what I have seems second-rate, The things I want to do I can't, And what I have to do I hate.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well.

When chickens quit quarrelling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder read more

When chickens quit quarrelling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race.

So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.

So unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.