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I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.

James Thurber

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Angel Lifespan Time
Beautiful things don’t ask for attention.
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Attention Beautiful One Liner
When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.
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Effective Equality Reveal Writing
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.
JAMES THURBER

Feeling Heart Sadness Sorry Touch Yourself
I never really rallied after the birth of my first child.
JAMES THURBER

Born Children Myself
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 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
I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.
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Animal Dog Myself Thinking
Writers of comedy have outlook, whereas writers of tragedy have, according to them, insight.
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Insight Tragedy Wisdom Writing
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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Enough Hard Time Man Simplicity Trouble Truth
There are two kinds of light – the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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Deep Glow Illumination Kind Light
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 can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
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Fools People Time Yourself
If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.
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Herself Man Sex Strong Woman Wonder
Americans want to go to heaven without dying.
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Death Deep Heaven Hypocrisy Sarcasm
Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.
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Come Earth Inheritance Weakness

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