The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
E. B. WHITEA despot doesn’t fear eloquent writers preaching freedom- he fears a drunken poet who may crack a joke that will take hold.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
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Salutations; it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning
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Mother: It’s broccoli, dear. — Child: I say it’s spinach, and I say the hell with it.
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Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it.
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Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds. In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the swamp – everywhere love and songs and nests and eggs.
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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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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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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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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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