Good deeds never go unpunished.
E. B. WHITEWriting is hard work and bad for the health.
More E. B. White Quotes
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I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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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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Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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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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A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
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Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds. In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the swamp – everywhere love and songs and nests and eggs.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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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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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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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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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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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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