Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
JAMES THURBERThings have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
More James Thurber Quotes
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A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.
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Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death… others through sheer inability to cross the street.
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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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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
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The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.
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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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The unicorn is a mythical beast.
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Discussion in America means dissent.
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Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.
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Boys are beyond the range of anybody’s sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
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