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Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

James Thurber

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James Thurber
Age: 66 †
Born: 1894
Born: December 18
Died: 1961
Died: November 2
Autobiographer
Cartoonist
Drawer
Humorist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Columbus
Ohio
James Grover Thurber
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Chaos
Quiet
Emotional
Humor
Inspirational
Tranquility
Humour

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