A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
E. B. WHITEWriting is hard work and bad for the health.
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You’re terrific as far as I am concerned.
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Stuart rose from the ditch, climbed into his car, and started up the road that led toward the north…As he peeked ahead into the great land that stretched before him, the way seemed long. But the sky was bright, and he somehow felt he was headed in the right direction.
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The best writing is rewriting.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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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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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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The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation’s pulse, you can’t be sure that the nation hasn’t just run up a flight of stairs.
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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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