The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
E. B. WHITEAll that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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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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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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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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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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I am often mad, but I would hate to be nothing but mad: and I think I would lose what little value I may have as a writer if I were to refuse, as a matter of principle, to accept the warming rays of the sun, and to report them, whenever, and if ever, they
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Loneliness is a strange gift.
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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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Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.
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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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I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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