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Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.

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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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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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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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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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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
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The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything
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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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A schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty-everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever?
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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 am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. “Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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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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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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