The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.
E. B. WHITENo one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
More E. B. White Quotes
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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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I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
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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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Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
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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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A really companionable and indispensable dog is an accident of nature. You can’t get it by breeding for it, and you can’t buy it with money. It just happens along.
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The best writing is rewriting.
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You’re terrific as far as I am concerned.
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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.
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Oh, I never look under the hood.
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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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Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.
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No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
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