“It is a law of the story-teller's art that he does not tell a story. It is the listener who tells it. The story-teller does but provide him with the stimuli.”
Quotes by Melville Davisson Post
“It is a world," he said, "filled with the mysterious joinder of accident!" "It is a world," replied Abner, "filled with the mysterious justice of God!”
“The criminal law is a machine so rough and dangerous that we can use it only with every safety device attached.”
Melville Davisson PostMelville Davisson Post (April 19, 1869 – June 23, 1930) was an American writer, born in Harrison County, West Virginia. Although his name is not immediately familiar to those outside of specialist cir...