335 Quotes by James Thurber

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    Where most of us end up there is no knowing, but the hellbent get where they are going.

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    Most of the faint intimations of immortality of which we are occasionally aware would seem to arise out of Art or the materials of Art.

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    These are rifle shots that certainly hurt the party but I don't think it's a wave that comes through and wipes out a lot of people.

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    Every time is a time for comedy in a world of tension that would languish without it. But I cannot confine myself to lightness in a period of human life that demands light ... We all know that, as the old adage has it, "It is later than you think." ..., but I also say occasionally: "It is lighter than you think." In this light let's not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness.

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