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.

Quote by James Thurber

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

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

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...

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,...

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,...

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?

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.

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.

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.

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

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

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.

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...

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,...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

Humor is a serious thing. I like to think of it as one of our...

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...

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

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

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and...

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.

Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies.