I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conc… - James Thurber

The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms — hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.

"Half the places I have been to, never were. I make things up. Half the things I say are there cannot be found. When I was young I told a tale of buried gold, and men from leagues around dug in the woods. I dug myself."

"But why?"

"I thought the tale of treasure might be true."

"You said you made it up."

"I know I did, but then I didn't know I had. I forget things, too."

I always begin at the left with the opening word of the sentence and read toward the right and I recommend this method.