James Thurber

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep? ↗

— James Thurber

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

— James Thurber

#armchair #attic #future #guess #old

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense. ↗

— James Thurber

#sense #sufficient #wise #word

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

— James Thurber

#glow #illuminates #kinds #light #obscures

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

— James Thurber

#exception #rule

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth. ↗

— James Thurber

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Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else? ↗

— James Thurber

#everybody #everybody else #like #nonconformist #why

All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first. ↗

— James Thurber

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Discussion in America means dissent. ↗

— James Thurber

#discussion #dissent #means

One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough. ↗

— James Thurber

#many #martini #right #three #too