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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

James Thurber

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms -hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
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Heartless Laughter Man Tears Terrible
Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Destination Direction End Journey Path
The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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Cake Dangerous Food Marriage One Liner Sarcasm
I was seized by the stern hand of Compulsion, that dark, unreasonable Urge that impels women to clean house in the middle of the night.
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Cleaning Hands Night Reason
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.
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Future Guess Past Sound
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Desperate Live Man Noisy
I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.
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Beginning Method Myself Open Word
The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.
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Act Move Myself Writing
I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.
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Disturb Himself Listening Reason
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance – a sharp, vindictive glance.
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Man Myself Sharp
Reason is 6/7 of treason.
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Death One Liner Reason Treason
Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.
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Body Count Patience Yourself
Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog.
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Dog Happiness Man Strange Trouble
She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Instagram Captions Philosophy Thinking
The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Enough Generation Lost Trouble

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