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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

James Thurber

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
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Chaos Emotional Humor Remember Tranquility
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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Collision Fly Greatness Man World
Sixty minutes of thinking of any kind is bound to lead to confusion and unhappiness.
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Confusion Happiness Thinking
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
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Exception Rule
I don’t believe the writer should know too much where he’s going. If he does, he runs into old man blueprintold man propaganda.
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Believe Man Myself Old Writing
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
I write humor the way a surgeon operates, because it is a livelihood, because I have a great urge to do it, because many interesting challenges are set up, and because I have the hope it may do some good.
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Goodness Hope Humor Interest Operate Surgeon Writing
Two is company, four is a party, three is a crowd. One is a wanderer.
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Company Crowd Party Travel Wanderer
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
A burden in the bush is worth two on your hands.
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Burden Hands Worth
Don’t get it right, just get it written.
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Right Writing
Humourists lead… an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats.
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Edge Existence Literature
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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Belief Dog Heaven Immortal Known Myself Person
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
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
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Face Fall Yourself

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

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