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

Quote by James Thurber

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

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

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the...

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it... But you can feel it.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

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

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

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow,...

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy,...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound,...

When I exercise, I wear all black. It's like a funeral for my fat.

When I exercise, I wear all black. It's like a funeral for my fat.

If you were to open up a baby's head -- and I am not for...

If you were to open up a baby's head -- and I am not for...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

Our duty is to preserve what the past has had to say for itself, and...

Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of...

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of...

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.