James Thurber Quote

Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.


"The Case for Comedy", Lanterns & Lances (1961); previously appeared in The Atlantic Monthly November 1960


Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.

Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.

Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.

Humor and pathos, tears and laughter are, in the highest expression of human character and achievement, inseparable.