With sixty staring me in the face, I have developed inflammation of the sentence structure and definite hardening of the paragraphs.

Quote by James Thurber

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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...

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

I think that maybe if women and children were in charge we would get somewhere.

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...

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

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

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

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

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or...

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,...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face...

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...

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

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

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

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

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

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.

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of...

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.

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,...

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,...

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger...

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger...

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.

And the self-same well from which your laughter rises was often-times filled with your tears.