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Looks can be deceiving it's eating that's believing.
James Thurber
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James Thurber
Age: 66 †
Born: 1894
Born: December 18
Died: 1961
Died: November 2
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James Grover Thurber
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Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.
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Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.
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Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!
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But what is all this fear of and opposition to Oblivion? What is the matter with the soft Darkness, the Dreamless Sleep?
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I love the idea of there being two sexes, don't you?
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Men are more interesting than women, but women ae more fascinating.
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Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.
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There are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
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A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties. He should insult her in the privacy of the home.
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She wasn't much to look at but she was something to think about.
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Well, if I called the wrong number, why did you answer the phone?
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Laughter need not be cut out of anything, since it improves everything.
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