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.
E. B. WHITEThe city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.
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Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer’s time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer’s time isn’t worth the paper he is not writing anything on.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. “Salutations!” said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. “Salu-what?” he cried. “Salutations!” repeated the voice.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure.
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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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