Hal Porter - This silent cry is of ecstasy for what has been done, and of despair at bei

This silent cry is of ecstasy for what has been done, and of despair at being forestalled, and being thus forewarned, that neither This Year nor Next Year am I to have the ability and wisdom to light the lamp on my own. Although one branch of childhood is in this fashion lopped for all time, the rest of it still inhabits the body of a child which occupies itself in childish matters.

- Hal Porter

topic: Fashion, Art, Children, Forewarned