Alan

“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.”
― H.L. Mencken

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.”
― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
― H.L. Mencken