Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
E. B. WHITEOnly a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
More E. B. White Quotes
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The best writing is rewriting.
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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
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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.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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Mother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.
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We’re born, we live a little while, we die. A spider’s life can’t help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.
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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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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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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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Never hurry and never worry!
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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