Loneliness is a strange gift.
E. B. WHITEWhy did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.
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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.
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Good deeds never go unpunished.
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A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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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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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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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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Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people– people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
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A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
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Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
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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.
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