It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.
E. B. WHITEWell,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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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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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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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything
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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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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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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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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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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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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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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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