Robert W. Chapman Quote

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought and then be welcomed only for some propriety or felicity justifying the intrusion.


The Art of Quotation, in Writer's Digest, May 1977


A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought and then be welcomed only for some propriety or felicity justifying the intrusion.

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought and then be welcomed only for some propriety or felicity justifying the intrusion.

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought and then be welcomed only for some propriety or felicity justifying the intrusion.

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought and then be welcomed only for some propriety or felicity justifying the intrusion.