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“At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?”

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Jules Feiffer

Jules Feiffer, born on January 26, 1929, is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and author. His work is known for its sharp social commentary and unique sense of humor, particularly his long-running comic strip 'Benny and the Jets' in The New Yorker magazine. more

“Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains; another, a moonlit beach; a third, a family dinner of pot roast and sweet potatoes during a myrtle-mad August in a Midwestern town. Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.”

“A poem is but a thought, a mere memory caught at play. From hand onto paper, bleeding thoughts emerge.”

Play Hands Memories Paper Mere Caught Bleeding

Author:Robert M. Hensel

“Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.”

Years Used Asks Cities Crazy Ask Me Reporters Drive Me Crazy

Author:Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Happy trails to you, until we meet again.”

“Our evenings are farewells. Our parties are testaments. So that the secret stream of suffering. May warm the cold of life.”

May Suffering Party Secret Cold Warm Evening Streams Testament Farewell Adieu

Author:Boris Pasternak

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