Use the smallest word that does the job.
E. B. WHITEI have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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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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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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“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.
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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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No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
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An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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