For one thing, she pronounced flowers 'flars' and I couldn't let it slide.

James Thurber

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It is all but impossible to sit quietly by when someone is throwing salad plates.

James Thurber


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Mutual suspicions of mental inadequacy are common during the first year of any marriage.

James Thurber


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Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige...

James Thurber


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The noblest study of mankind is Man, says Man.

James Thurber

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There was a mist of moss to ride through and a storm of glass.

James Thurber


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I love the idea of there being two sexes, don't you?

James Thurber


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My mother, for instance, thought-or rather, knew-that it was dangerous to drive an automobile without gasoline: it fried the valves, or something. 'Now don't you dare drive all over town without gasoline!' she would say to us when we started off" (31).

James Thurber


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Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation.

James Thurber

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Geep,' whuppled the parrot.

James Thurber


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