An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
E. B. WHITEGenius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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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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There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter.
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Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
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Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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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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Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.
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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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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
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Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
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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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I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
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