There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
JAMES THURBERThere is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
More James Thurber Quotes
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The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
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A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps.
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I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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The trouble with the lost generation is that it didn’t get lost enough.
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
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Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.
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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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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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The difference between our decadence and the Russians is that while theirs is brutal, ours is apathetic.
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I can feel a thing I cannot touch and touch a thing I cannot feel. The first is sad and sorry, the second is your heart.
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