Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people– people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
E. B. WHITESalutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
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Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.
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You’re terrific as far as I am concerned.
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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.
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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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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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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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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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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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