Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself to lightness in a period of human life that demands light. We all know that, as the old adage has it, "It is later than you think." But I also say occasionally: "It is lighter than you think." In this light let's not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness.
These are the days of bootleg love. - James Thurber
These are the days of bootleg love.
- James Thurber
Don't count your boobies until they are hatched. - James Thurber
Don't count your boobies until they are hatched.
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. - James Thurber
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. - James Thurber
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. - James Thurber
There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception.
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures. - James Thurber
There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more. - James Thurber
Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.
Beautiful things don't ask for attention. - James Thurber
Beautiful things don't ask for attention.
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. - James Thurber
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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