If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. WHITEAll that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
More E. B. White Quotes
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The best writing is rewriting.
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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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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
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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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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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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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Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.
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I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
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A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
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Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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