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“ The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. ”

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All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

~ James Thurber

If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.

~ James Thurber

Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor.

~ James Thurber

Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long.

~ James Thurber