I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
E. B. WHITEIt is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
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All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.
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The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest.
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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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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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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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In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
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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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A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
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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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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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You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway?
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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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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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