Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.
E. B. WHITEA schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
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Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.
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I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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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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Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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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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When I get sick of what men do, I have only to walk a few steps in another direction to see what spiders do. Or what the weather does. This sustains me very well indeed.
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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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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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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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Use the smallest word that does the job.
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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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