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.
E. B. WHITEA 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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I don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
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A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people– people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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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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A writer’s style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias…it is the Self escaping into the open.
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“What are they, and where are you?” screamed Wilbur. “Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?” “Salutations are greetings,” said the voice. “When I say ‘salutations,’ it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.
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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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A writer should concern himself with whatever absorbs his fancy, stirs his heart, and unlimbers his typewriter. … A writer has the duty to be good, not lousy: true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.
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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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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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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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From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting. . . . On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you can find it; it dries the wet sock, it cools the hot little brain.
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