I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
E. B. WHITEA candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
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The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
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Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.
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The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest.
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A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
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Loneliness is a strange gift.
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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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Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society – things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.
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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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Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it.
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