A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
E. B. WHITELife is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it.
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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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It is Sunday, mid-morning-Sunday in the living room, Sunday in the kitchen, Sunday in the woodshed, Sunday down the road in the village: I hear the bells, calling me to share God’s grace.
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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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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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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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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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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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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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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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Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means “sickening to contemplate”; the second means “sick at the stomach.” Do not, therefore, say “I feel nauseous,” unless you are sure you have that effect on others.
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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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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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A schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
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