I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
E. B. WHITEI 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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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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Sailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society – things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.
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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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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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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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You’re terrific as far as I am concerned.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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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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Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
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I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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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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There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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