In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
E. B. WHITEOld age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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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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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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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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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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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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Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
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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 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
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