Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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 best writing is rewriting.
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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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A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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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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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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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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When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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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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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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I have noticed that most men when they enter a barber shop and must wait their turn, drop into a chair and pick up a magazine. I simply sit down and pick up the thread of my sea wanderings, which began more than fifty years ago and is not quite ended.
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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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