In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
E. B. WHITESailors have an expression about the weather: they say the weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society – things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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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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Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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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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Nauseous. Nauseated. The first means “sickening to contemplate”; the second means “sick at the stomach.” Do not, therefore, say “I feel nauseous,” unless you are sure you have that effect on others.
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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.
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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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