Don't get it right, just get it written

Quote by James Thurber

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Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.

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,...

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

Love is blind, but desire just doesn't give a good goddamn

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

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

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

Ours is a precarious language, as every writer knows, in which the merest shadow line...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell...

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

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

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in...

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

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

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours....

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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

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

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

Let the meek inherit the earth - they have it coming to them

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...

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity,...