Edgar Pangborn > Quotes

“Wishing for the impossible in the future is a good exercise, I think, especially for children; wishing for it in the past is surely the emptiest and saddest of occupations.”
― Edgar Pangborn, Davy

“Human love is greater than divine love…divine love is at worst an illusion, at best a dream for some imaginary future time. Human love is here and now.”
― Edgar Pangborn, Still I Persist in Wondering

“The old grim story so many times enacted – for the poor human race has always longed for a Redeemer to take up the burdens that human people themselves alone must carry.”
― Edgar Pangborn, Still I Persist in Wondering