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
E. B. WHITENationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests, very subtly, a certain personal superiority by reason of one’s belonging to a place which is definable and familiar, as against a place that is strange, remote.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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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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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 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.
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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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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it.
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Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.
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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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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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Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
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The best writing is rewriting.
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Never hurry and never worry!
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.
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