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.
E. B. WHITEIt is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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You can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you.
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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Loneliness is a strange gift.
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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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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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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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Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
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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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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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