You’re terrific as far as I am concerned.
E. B. WHITETo achieve style, begin by affecting none.
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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An 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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Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.
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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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“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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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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I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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“What’s miraculous about a spider’s web?” said Mrs. Arable. “I don’t see why you say a web is a miracle–it’s just a web.” “Ever try to spin one?” asked Mr. Dorian.
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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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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
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