Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog
James ThurberI loathe the expression โWhat makes him tick.โ It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solutions, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.
James Thurber