335 Quotes by James Thurber

She wasn’t much to look at but she was something to think about.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and the angels are all in Heaven, but few of the fools are dead.

He knows all about art, but he doesn’t know what he likes.

The things we laugh at are awful while they are going on, but get funny when we look back. And other people laugh because they’ve been through it too. The closest thing to humor is tragedy.

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

The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing’s fun. You’re getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not.

Love is what you’ve been through with somebody.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

Remember laughter. You’ll need it even in the blessed isles of Ever After.