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James Thurber

  • From one casual of mine he picked this sentence. ''After dinner, the men moved into the living room.'' I explained to the professor that this was Rose' way of giving the men time to push back their chairs and stand up. There must, as we know, be a comma after every move, made by men, on this earth.... James Thurber {view}
  • The appreciative smile, the chuckle, the soundless mirth, so important to the success of comedy, cannot be understood unless one sits among the audience and feels the warmth created by the quality of laughter that the audience takes home with it.... James Thurber {view}
  • Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person.... James Thurber {view}
  • The most dangerous food is wedding cake... James Thurber {view}
  • A lady of 47 who has been married 27 years and has 6 children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody.... James Thurber {view}