"It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers."
"The pounding of the cylinders increased: ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa."
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Source: James Thurber (1996). “James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)”, p.648, Library of America
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