You’re terrific as far as I am concerned.
E. B. WHITEI would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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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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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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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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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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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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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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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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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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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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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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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they
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