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.
E. B. WHITEWhen you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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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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No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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To achieve style, begin by affecting none.
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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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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway?
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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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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
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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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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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