“It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.” — James Thurber, “The Courtship of Arthur and Al,” The New Yorker (1939-08-26)
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“The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals.” — James Thurber, “An Introduction,” The Fireside Book of Dog Stories
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“I do not have a psychiatrist and I do not want one, for the simple reason that if he listened to me long enough, he might become disturbed.” — James Thurber, “Carpe Noctem, If You Can”, Credos and Curios
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“Now I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance — a sharp, vindictive glance.” — James Thurber, “My Senegalese Birds and Siamese Cats,” Holiday Magazine
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“A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn’t make any sense.” — James Thurber, “The Weaver and the Worm“, The New Yorker (1956-08-11)
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“It’s strange to reach a position where your friends have to be supplied with their own memories. It’s bad enough dealing with your own.” — James Thurber, The Art of Fiction No. 10, The Paris Review, Issue 10, Fall 1955
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“Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with Man is Man.” — James Thurber, “The Trouble with Man is Man,” The New Yorker (1960-08-27)
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“All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.” — James Thurber, “The Shore and the Sea”, Further Fables for Our Time
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“Love is blind, but desire just doesn’t give a good goddam (sic).” — James Thurber, “The Clothes Moth and the Luna Moth”, Further Fables for Our Time
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“Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation.” — James Thurber, “The Grizzly and the Gadgets”, Further Fables for Our Time
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