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
E. B. WHITEA candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting. . . . On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet sock, it cools the hot little brain.
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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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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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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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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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And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. “Salutations!” said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. “Salu-what?” he cried. “Salutations!” repeated the voice.
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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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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.
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