James Thurber Quotes

If you wonder which is the stronger sex, watch which one twists the other around her little finger.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

I myself have known some profoundly thoughtful dogs.

When all things are equal, translucence in writing is more effective than transparency, just as glow is more revealing than glare.

You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.

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.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

For one thing, she pronounced flowers ‘flars’ and I couldn’t let it slide.

Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.

Let the meek inherit the earth — they have it coming to them.