It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
E. B. WHITEReading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway?
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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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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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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
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And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. “Salutations!” said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. “Salu-what?” he cried. “Salutations!” repeated the voice.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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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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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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