One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
E. B. WHITE“What’s miraculous about a spider’s web?” said Mrs. Arable. “I don’t see why you say a web is a miracle–it’s just a web.” “Ever try to spin one?” asked Mr. Dorian.
More E. B. White Quotes
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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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You can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you.
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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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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 have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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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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There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer’s time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer’s time isn’t worth the paper he is not writing anything on.
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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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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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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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