The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
E. B. WHITEWriting is both mask and unveiling.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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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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By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.
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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation’s pulse, you can’t be sure that the nation hasn’t just run up a flight of stairs.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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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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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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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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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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