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

Quote by James Thurber

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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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

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

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

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

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

Love is what you've been through with somebody.

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by...

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

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

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between...

Discussion in America means dissent.

Discussion in America means dissent.

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

Editing should be, especially in the case of old writers, a counseling rather than a...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there...

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

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 wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the...

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

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics...

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

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

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only...

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards....

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.

What an insane night. If people try to use you please stand up for yourself....

What an insane night. If people try to use you please stand up for yourself....

All this while Ive been packing ice around my heart. How do I make it...

All this while Ive been packing ice around my heart. How do I make it...