The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.

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The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.

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Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.

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Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.
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Dearly Ever Grandmother never New None Peron Quote Spider
I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.

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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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Else Go Know Still Where
When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.

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When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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Chance Have Make Only Say Something
A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.

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A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
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Put Without Word Writer
When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.

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When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.
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Another Do Get Only Spider
“What are they, and where are you?” screamed Wilbur. “Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?” “Salutations are greetings,” said the voice. “When I say ‘salutations,’ it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.

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“What are they, and where are you?” screamed Wilbur. “Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?” “Salutations are greetings,” said the voice. “When I say ‘salutations,’ it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.
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Fancy Salutation Scream What
The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation’s pulse, you can’t be sure that the nation hasn’t just run up a flight of stairs.

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The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation’s pulse, you can’t be sure that the nation hasn’t just run up a flight of stairs.
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Called Mere Necromancy Poll Talking
Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.

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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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Author Been Color Only Semi
In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.

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In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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Middle Over Part Proper Scarcely
A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it by breeding for it, and you can’t buy it with money. It just happens along.

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A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it by breeding for it, and you can’t buy it with money. It just happens along.
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Companisoble Indispensable
From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting. . . . On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet sock, it cools the hot little brain.

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From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting. . . . On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet sock, it cools the hot little brain.
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Comfort Familiar Kitchen Most Till
The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.

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The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
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Clearly Main Make Reqrite Thing Write
Never hurry and never worry!

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Never hurry and never worry!
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Hurry never
Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.

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Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
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Daylight Fern Nevertheless Now One Small
Mother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.

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Mother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.
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Broccoli Child Say Spinach
Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.

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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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Oood Safety Well

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