There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
E. B. WHITEHang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
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One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
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A writer’s style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias…it is the Self escaping into the open.
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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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Make the work interesting and the discipline will take care of itself.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.
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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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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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A despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest.
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A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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