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.
E. B. WHITEWriting is hard work and bad for the health.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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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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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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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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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
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To achieve style, begin by affecting none.
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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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