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James Thurber was a renowned American cartoonist and writer. Born on December 8, 1894, and died on November 2, 1961, Thurber is known for his humor and satire in his works, which have had a profound impact on American literature and cartoon art.

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Famous James Thurber Quotes

“Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober.”

Writing Years Known Mets Sober Daytime American Writer

Author:James Thurber

“I have lived in the East for nearly thirty years now, but many of my books prove that I am never very far away from Ohio in my thoughts, and that the clocks that strike in my dreams are often the clocks of Columbus.”

Years Book Dream Prove East Strikes Clock Thirty Far Away My Thoughts Thirty Years Ohio Columbus

Book:Conversations with James Thurber

Source: Conversations with James Thurber

“Women deserve to have more than 12 years between 28 and 40.”

Years Deserve

Author:James Thurber

“The whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music... it is worth anyone's while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in everything.”

Years Art Whole Courses Literature University Posts Paris Graduates Seminars France Paris Literature And Music

Book:The Thurber letters: the wit, wisdom, and surprising life of James Thurber

Source: The Thurber letters: the wit, wisdom, and surprising life of James Thurber

“A lady of 47 who has been married 27 years and has six children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody'.”

Knows Love Years Children Has Beens Love Is Six Married Mature Love

Author:James Thurber

“My grandmother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house. It leaked, she contended, out of empty sockets if the wall switch had been left on. She would go around screwing in bulbs, and if they lighted up, she would fearfully turn off the wall switch and go back to her Pearson's or Everybody's, happy in the satisfaction that she had stopped not only a costly but dangerous leakage. nothing could ever clear this up for her.”

Ifs Years Turns House Left Clear Dangerous Wall Empty Satisfaction Horrible Latter Grandmother Suspicion Electricity My Grandmother Turn Off Bulbs Dripping Off The Wall Leakage

Author:James Thurber

“I'm sixty-five and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-eight.”

Ifs Years Age Five Months Aging Eight Forty Sixty Fifteen Forty Eight Geriatrics

Author:James Thurber

“Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.”

Years Children Age Understanding Boys Son Months Range Thank You Little Boys Baby Boy New Baby Boy My Baby Boy Cute Baby Boy

Author:James Thurber

“There is something about a poet which leads us to believe that he died, in many cases, as long as 20 years before his birth.”

Years Believe Long Cases Comedy Poet Birth Died

Author:James Thurber

“I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40.”

Ifs Thinking Years Age Numbers Comedy Trouble Example Months Deserve Aging Twelve Fifteen Geriatrics

Author:James Thurber

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

Years Firsts Common Mutual Suspicion Inadequacy

Book:James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

Source: James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)

About the Author

Born: December 8, 1894
Died: November 2, 1961
Known for: Cartoonist
Quotes: 193

Books & Sources

James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)Related source material

Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor and HimselfRelated source material

Further fables for our timeRelated source material

Lanterns & LancesRelated source material

The Thurber letters: the wit, wisdom, and surprising life of James ThurberRelated source material

Many MoonsRelated source material

The 13 ClocksRelated source material

Thurber's Dogs: A Collection of the Master's Dogs, Written and Drawn, Real and Imaginary, Legends AllRelated source material

Writings and DrawingsRelated source material

Conversations with James ThurberRelated source material

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