You are all a lost generation," Gertrude Stein said to Hemingway. We weren't lost. We knew where we were, all right, but we wouldn't go home. Ours was the generation that stayed up all night.

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James Thurber was a 19th-century American cartoonist, author, journalist, and playwright. James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University, leaving in 1918 without graduating. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Humor — Witty observations and humorous takes on everyday life

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