Oh, I never look under the hood.
E. B. WHITEI believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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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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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty-everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?
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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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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
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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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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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It is Sunday, mid-morning-Sunday in the living room, Sunday in the kitchen, Sunday in the woodshed, Sunday down the road in the village: I hear the bells, calling me to share God’s grace.
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No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
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When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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