All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
James ThurberSome American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.
James ThurberLast night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!
James ThurberThere are two kinds of light - the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.
James ThurberOne has but to observe a community of beavers at work in a stream to understand the loss in his sagacity, balance, co-operation, competence, and purpose which Man has suffered since he rose up on his hind legs. He began to chatter and he developed Reason, Thought, and Imagination, qualities which would get the smartest group of rabbits or orioles in the world into inextricable trouble overnight.
James Thurber