Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
E. B. WHITEA right is a responsibility in reverse.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.
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Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.
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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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All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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A schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.
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The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
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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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