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.
E. B. WHITEI admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.
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Stuart rose from the ditch, climbed into his car, and started up the road that led toward the north…As he peeked ahead into the great land that stretched before him, the way seemed long. But the sky was bright, and he somehow felt he was headed in the right direction.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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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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The best writing is rewriting.
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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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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society – things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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