I Learned That It Is The Weak

Many [of The Americans] Polled Showed A Marked Disapproval Of The Wallonians, Danerians, And Pirenians. The Fact That These Minorities Were Invented By The Pollster Did Not Diminish The Hostility.

Where Was It Ever Promised Us That Life On This Earth Can Ever Be Easy, Free From Conflict And Uncertainty, Devoid Of Anguish And Wonder And Pain? Those Who Seek The Folly Of Unrelieved 'happiness'-who Fear Moods, Who Shun Solitude, Who Do Not Know The Diginity Of Occasional Depression-can Find Bliss Easily Enough: In Tranquilizing Pills, Or In Senility. The Purpose Of Life Is Not To Be Happy.

Humor Is The Affectionate Communication Of Insight.

Humor Is, I Think, The Subtlest And Chanciest Of Literary Forms. It Is Surely Not Accidental That There Are A Thousand Novelists, Essayists, Poets Or Journalists For Each Humorist. It Is A Long, Long Time Between James Thurbers.

O, To Be Sure, We Laugh Less And Play Less And Wear Uncomfortable Disguises Like Adults, But Beneath The Costume Is The Child We Always Are, Whose Needs Are Simple, Whose Daily Life Is Still Best Described By Fairy Tales.