When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
E. B. WHITEOne of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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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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Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds. In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the swamp – everywhere love and songs and nests and eggs.
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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 am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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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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A writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter. … A writer has the duty to be good, not lousy: true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.
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Well,” 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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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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