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The people you like when you meet them and while you know them, and the people you remember fondly, are invariably people who have a sense of comedy, not just a sense of humor.
William Saroyan
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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
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Fresno
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There is a small area of land in Asia Minor that is called Armenia, but it is not so. It is not Armenia. It is a place. There are only Armenians, and they inhabit the earth, not Armenia, since there is no Armenia. There is no America and there is no England, and no France, and no Italy. There is only the earth.
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In the time of your life, live—so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it.
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Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live, so they can see their kids. They're very brave.
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This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said.
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People is all everything is, all it has ever been, all it can ever be.
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I care so much about everything that I care about nothing.
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The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
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I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.
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It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear.
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Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers.
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Art is what is irresistible.
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I don't think my writing is sentimental, although it is a very sentimental thing to be a human being.
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The bicycle is the noblest invention of mankind.
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You must not be unkind, especially when it happens that you're right.
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I am enormously wise and abysmally ignorant.
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All I can do is write my stories for mankind, and rest easy.
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We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in.
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There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.
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One day in the afternoon of the world, glum death will come and sit in you, and when you get up to walk, you will be as glum as death, but if you're lucky, this will only make the fun better and the love greater.
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It is simply in the nature of Armenian to study, to learn, to question, to speculate, to discover, to invent, to revise, to restore, to preserve, to make, and to give.
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