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Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that the Force which controls its measured eccentricities hasn't got anything special in mind. If he broods on this somber theme long enough he gets the doleful idea that the laughing children on a merry-go-round or the thin, fine hands of a lady's watch are revolving more purposely than he is.

James Thurber
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James Thurber's Popular Quotes

These are the days of bootleg love.

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Don't count your boobies until they are hatched.

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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

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The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.

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There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.

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There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.

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Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

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Beautiful things don't ask for attention.

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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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