Extreme cold when it first arrives seems to generate cheerfulness and sociability. For a few hours all life’s dubious problems are dropped in favor of the clear and congenial task of keeping alive.
E. B. WHITEStuart rose from the ditch, climbed into his car, and started up the road that led toward the north…As he peeked ahead into the great land that stretched before him, the way seemed long. But the sky was bright, and he somehow felt he was headed in the right direction.
More E. B. White Quotes
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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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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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
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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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Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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Habitually creative people are prepared to be lucky.
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A right is a responsibility in reverse.
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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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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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Writing is both mask and unveiling.
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
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Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.
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