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.
JAMES THURBERWhen all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
More James Thurber Quotes
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I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.
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If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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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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There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake.
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.
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So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.
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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
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Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.
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Comedy has ceased to be a challenge to the mental processes. It has become a therapy of relaxation, a kind of tranquilizing drug.
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