When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
E. B. WHITEBooks are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people– people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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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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Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
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The best writing is rewriting.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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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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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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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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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.
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