335 Quotes by James Thurber

Lately, I have been wondering if there is time left for daydreaming in this 21st-century world of constant communication.

Hens embarrass me; owls disturb me; if I am with an eagle I always pretend that I am not with an eagle...

So much has already been written about everything that you can’t find out anything about it.

You have made the moon,” The Jester said. “That is the moon.

I don’t understand,” said the scientist, “why you lemmings all rush down to the sea and drown yourselves.” “How curious,” said the lemming. “The one thing I don’t understand is why you human beings don’t.

The jewels of sorrow last forever.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, love and you love alone.

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

When I was a young writer, I liked to imagine that I was paying someone for every word I wrote, rather than being paid for it; it was a fine way to discipline myself to use only those words I needed.