I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
E. B. WHITEIs there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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Extreme cold when it first arrives seems to generate cheerfulness and sociability. For a few hours all life’s dubious problems are dropped in favor of the clear and congenial task of keeping alive.
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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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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.
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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
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Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.
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Never hurry and never worry!
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
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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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By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.
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Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.
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