A writer’s style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias…it is the Self escaping into the open.
E. B. WHITENever hurry and never worry!
More E. B. White Quotes
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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“What’s miraculous about a spider’s web?” said Mrs. Arable. “I don’t see why you say a web is a miracle–it’s just a web.” “Ever try to spin one?” asked Mr. Dorian.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.
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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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I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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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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Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
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