One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
E. B. WHITE- The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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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.
E. B. WHITEBy 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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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.
E. B. WHITEStuart 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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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
E. B. WHITEA good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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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.
E. B. WHITEThere 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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Most people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make us the gift of serenity and well-being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.
E. B. WHITEMost people think of peace as a state of Nothing Bad Happening, or Nothing Much Happening. Yet if peace is to overtake us and make us the gift of serenity and well-being, it will have to be the state of Something Good Happening.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
E. B. WHITETrust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
E. B. WHITEAn editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
E. B. WHITEAll that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
E. B. WHITEBefore the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.
E. B. WHITEChildren are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.
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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
E. B. WHITESemi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
E. B. WHITEI am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
E. B. WHITEWe should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
E. B. WHITEI am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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