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E.B. White quotes: The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines. The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines.
E.B. White quotes: Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice. Besides, my life is a catastrophe. It's a catastrophe to be without a voice.
E.B. White quotes: Everything gets taken over by big business, I don't care what line you're in. Everything gets taken over by big business, I don't care what line you're in.
E.B. White quotes: I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze. I haven't told why I wrote the book, but I haven't told you why I sneeze, either. A book is a sneeze.
E.B. White quotes: Books are the door of escape from the forest. Books are the door of escape from the forest.
E.B. White quotes: Writing is not an exercise in excision, it's a journey into sound. Writing is not an exercise in excision, it's a journey into sound.
E.B. White quotes: It is best to have a strong curiosity, weak affiliations. It is best to have a strong curiosity, weak affiliations.
E.B. White quotes: When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him. When a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him.
E.B. White quotes: Well," said Stuart, "a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone. Well," said Stuart, "a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
E.B. White quotes: There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
E.B. White quotes: I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else I would really rather feel bad in Maine than feel good anywhere else
E.B. White quotes: Once you begin watching spiders, you haven't time for much else. Once you begin watching spiders, you haven't time for much else.
E.B. White quotes: Only a person who is congenitally self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays. Only a person who is congenitally self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.
E.B. White quotes: If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most. If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
E.B. White quotes: Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch. Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.
E.B. White quotes: Thus I, gone forth, as spiders do,In spider's web a truth discerning,Attach one silken strand to youFor my returning. Thus I, gone forth, as spiders do,
In spider's web a truth discerning,
Attach one silken strand to you
For my returning.
E.B. White quotes: A book is a sneeze. A book is a sneeze.
E.B. White quotes: Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web? Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web?
E.B. White quotes: Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process. Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.
E.B. White quotes: Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is. Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is.
E.B. White quotes: The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.
E.B. White quotes: It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people. It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people.
E.B. White quotes: The value of the liberal in the republic is not that he is logical but that he is inquisitive. The value of the liberal in the republic is not that he is logical but that he is inquisitive.
E.B. White quotes: Meetings bore me. Meetings bore me.
E.B. White quotes: There is nothing so expensive, really, as a big, well-developed, full-bodied preconception. There is nothing so expensive, really, as a big, well-developed, full-bodied preconception.
E.B. White quotes: A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias ... it is the Self escaping into the open. A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias ... it is the Self escaping into the open.
E.B. White quotes: It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention. It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention.
E.B. White quotes: I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow. I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
E.B. White quotes: Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day. Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.
E.B. White quotes: Commuter - one who spends his life In riding to and from his wife; A man who shaves and takes a train And then rides back to shave again. Commuter - one who spends his life In riding to and from his wife; A man who shaves and takes a train And then rides back to shave again.
E.B. White quotes: I hope that Belief never is made to appear mandatory. I hope that Belief never is made to appear mandatory.
E.B. White quotes: The light strengthened, the mornings came sooner. The light strengthened, the mornings came sooner.
E.B. White quotes: The world likes humor, but it treats it patronizingly. It decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with Brussels sprouts. The world likes humor, but it treats it patronizingly. It decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with Brussels sprouts.
E.B. White quotes: It is by all odds the loftiest of cities. It even managed to reach the highest point in the sky at the lowest moment of the depression. It is by all odds the loftiest of cities. It even managed to reach the highest point in the sky at the lowest moment of the depression.
E.B. White quotes: There is simply a better chance of doing well if the writer holds a steady course, enters the stream of English quietly, and does not thrash about. There is simply a better chance of doing well if the writer holds a steady course, enters the stream of English quietly, and does not thrash about.
E.B. White quotes: A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy. A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
E.B. White quotes: A right is a responsibility in reverse. A right is a responsibility in reverse.
E.B. White quotes: But what a gamble friendship is. But what a gamble friendship is.
E.B. White quotes: Dentistry is more impressive in town-what the rural man calls cleaning the teeth is called "prophylaxis" in New York. Dentistry is more impressive in town-what the rural man calls cleaning the teeth is called "prophylaxis" in New York.
E.B. White quotes: I don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand. I don't understand it, and I don't like what I don't understand.
E.B. White quotes: Almost all spiders are rather nice-looking. Almost all spiders are rather nice-looking.
E.B. White quotes: It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
E.B. White quotes: I have no warm up exercises, other than to take an occasional drink. I have no warm up exercises, other than to take an occasional drink.
E.B. White quotes: I can still feel my old Ford nuzzling me at the curb, as though looking for an apple in my pocket. I can still feel my old Ford nuzzling me at the curb, as though looking for an apple in my pocket.
E.B. White quotes: Life's accumulation is more discouraging than life itself, when stirred up. Life's accumulation is more discouraging than life itself, when stirred up.
E.B. White quotes: This was your mother's door. She was loyal, brilliant, beautiful, and she was my friend. I will treasure her memory forever. This was your mother's door. She was loyal, brilliant, beautiful, and she was my friend. I will treasure her memory forever.
E.B. White quotes: 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. 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.
E.B. White quotes: Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar. Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
E.B. White quotes: Home was quite a place when people stayed there. Home was quite a place when people stayed there.
E.B. White quotes: Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand. Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
E.B. White quotes: Why is it, do you suppose, that an Englishman is unhappy until he has explained America? Why is it, do you suppose, that an Englishman is unhappy until he has explained America?
E.B. White quotes: The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
E.B. White quotes: It takes more than genius to keep me reading a book. It takes more than genius to keep me reading a book.
E.B. White quotes: Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom. Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
E.B. White quotes: A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour. A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
E.B. White quotes: Writing is both mask and unveiling. Writing is both mask and unveiling.
E.B. White quotes: You can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you. You can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you.
E.B. White quotes: Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is too much for him. Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is too much for him.
E.B. White quotes: Humor is like a frog. You can dissect it to see how it works, but by then, it's dead. Humor is like a frog. You can dissect it to see how it works, but by then, it's dead.
E.B. White quotes: Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same. Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
E.B. White quotes: When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure. When an American family becomes separated from its toothbrushes and combs and pajamas for a few hours it considers that it has had quite an adventure.
E.B. White quotes: Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it. Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it.
E.B. White quotes: I discovered, though, that once having given a pig an enema, there is no turning back, no chance of resuming one of life's more stereotyped roles. I discovered, though, that once having given a pig an enema, there is no turning back, no chance of resuming one of life's more stereotyped roles.
E.B. White quotes: I'm not fooled any more by an ill wind and a light that fails. I'm not fooled any more by an ill wind and a light that fails.
E.B. White quotes: I believe ... that security declines as security machinery expands. I believe ... that security declines as security machinery expands.
E.B. White quotes: Write about it by day and dream about it by night. Write about it by day and dream about it by night.
E.B. White quotes: I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all. I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.
E.B. White quotes: Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
E.B. White quotes: I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn't know where else to go. I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn't know where else to go.
E.B. White quotes: Very fine law," said Stuart. "When I am Chairman, anybody who is mean to anybody else is going to catch it. Very fine law," said Stuart. "When I am Chairman, anybody who is mean to anybody else is going to catch it.
E.B. White quotes: Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too. Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.
E.B. White quotes: Wilbur blushed. "But I'm not terrific, Charlotte. I'm just about average for a pig." "You're Wilbur blushed. "But I'm not terrific, Charlotte. I'm just about average for a pig." "You're
E.B. White quotes: Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions. Creation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
E.B. White quotes: The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it.
E.B. White quotes: A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper. A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.
E.B. White quotes: Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off. Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off.
E.B. White quotes: The sky," he wrote on his slate, "is my living room. The woods are my parlor. The lonely lake is my bath. I can't remain behind a fence all my The sky," he wrote on his slate, "is my living room. The woods are my parlor. The lonely lake is my bath. I can't remain behind a fence all my life.
E.B. White quotes: The world is a wonderful place when you're young. The world is a wonderful place when you're young.
E.B. White quotes: The theme of 'Charlotte's Web' is that a pig shall be saved, and I have an idea that somewhere deep inside me there was a wish to that effect. The theme of 'Charlotte's Web' is that a pig shall be saved, and I have an idea that somewhere deep inside me there was a wish to that effect.
E.B. White quotes: An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write. An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.
E.B. White quotes: In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities. In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
E.B. White quotes: Familiarity is the thing-the sense of belonging. It grants exemption from all evil, all shabbiness. Familiarity is the thing-the sense of belonging. It grants exemption from all evil, all shabbiness.
E.B. White quotes: I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.
E.B. White quotes: If I can fool a bug ... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs. If I can fool a bug ... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.
E.B. White quotes: It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members. It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
E.B. White quotes: Be obscure clearly. Be obscure clearly.
E.B. White quotes: Good deeds never go unpunished. Good deeds never go unpunished.
E.B. White quotes: The circus comes as close to being the world in microcosm as anything I know; in a way, it puts all the rest of show business in the shade. The circus comes as close to being the world in microcosm as anything I know; in a way, it puts all the rest of show business in the shade.
E.B. White quotes: Writing is hard work and bad for the health. Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
E.B. White quotes: Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent. Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.
E.B. White quotes: As everyone knows, there is often a rather fine line between laughing and crying As everyone knows, there is often a rather fine line between laughing and crying
E.B. White quotes: To achieve style, begin by affecting none. To achieve style, begin by affecting none.
E.B. White quotes: When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes. When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes.
E.B. White quotes: I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till it stops beating. I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
E.B. White quotes: It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog's nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into months. It sometimes takes days, even weeks, before a dog's nerves tire. In the case of terriers it can run into months.
E.B. White quotes: Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will. Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.
E.B. White quotes: Some of the published news was distorted, but distortion is inherent in partisan journalism, the same as it is in political rallies. Some of the published news was distorted, but distortion is inherent in partisan journalism, the same as it is in political rallies.
E.B. White quotes: English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E.B. White quotes: The concern of a democracy is that no honest man shall feel uncomfortable, I don't care who he is, or how nutty he is. The concern of a democracy is that no honest man shall feel uncomfortable, I don't care who he is, or how nutty he is.
E.B. White quotes: Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma. Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.

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