Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means “sickening to contemplate”; the second means “sick at the stomach.” Do not, therefore, say “I feel nauseous,” unless you are sure you have that effect on others.
E. B. WHITEI don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
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There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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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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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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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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Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.
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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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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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