Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
E. B. WHITEI 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.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Never hurry and never worry!
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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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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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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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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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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The best writing is rewriting.
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And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. “Salutations!” said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. “Salu-what?” he cried. “Salutations!” repeated the voice.
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A poet’s pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it.
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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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Television will enormously enlarge the eye’s range, and, like radio, will advertise the Elsewhere. Together with the tabs, the mags, and the movies, it will insist that we forget the primary and the near in favor of the secondary and the remote.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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Loneliness is a strange gift.
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Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.
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