The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
E. B. WHITEUnderstanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people– people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
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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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I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty-everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?
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To achieve style, begin by affecting none.
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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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The best writing is rewriting.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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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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When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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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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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.
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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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