The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an om… - James Thurber

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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody’s guess.

James Thurber

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James Grover Thurber (8 December 1894 – 2 November 1961) was an American humorist and cartoonist.

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