E. B. White Quotes - Page 5

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• Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.

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  Men, Imagination, Liberty

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• Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

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  Life, Good Luck, Men

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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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  Beautiful, Simple, Spiders

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• When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said - it makes all the difference. So they are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions.

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  Ideas, Differences, Choices

  "Writers at Work". Interview with George Plimpton, Frank Crowther in Paris Review, 1969.

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• I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that does not have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular.

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  Writing, Men, Political

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• It is deeply satisfying to win a prize in front of a lot of people.

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  Winning, People, Prize

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.58, Cornell University Press

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• 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.

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  Weather, Dubious, Tasks

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• I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

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  Science, Views, Space

  E. B. White (2014). “Essays of E. B. White”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.

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  Sight, Well Said, Abomination

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.188, Cornell University Press

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• A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.

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  Men, White, Farming

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.109, Cornell University Press

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• The sea answers all questions, and always in the same way; for when you read in the papers the interminable discussions and the bickering and the prognostications and the turmoil, the disagreements and the fateful decisions and agreements and the plans and the programs and the threats and the counter threats, then you close your eyes and the sea dispatches one more big roller in the unbroken line since the beginning of the world and it combs and breaks and returns foaming and saying: "So soon?" E. B. White "On A Florida Key

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  Eye, Keys, Florida

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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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  Mother, Children, Hell

  Cartoon caption, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 1928

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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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  Writing, Editing, Trying

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• All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.

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  Communication, Writing, Escaping

  William Strunk Jr., E.B. White (1962). “the Elements of Style”

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• I have noticed that most men when they enter a barber shop and must wait their turn, drop into a chair and pick up a magazine. I simply sit down and pick up the thread of my sea wanderings, which began more than fifty years ago and is not quite ended. There is hardly a waiting room in the east that has not served as my cockpit, whether I was waiting to board a train or to see a dentist. And I am usually still trimming sheets when the train starts or drill begins to whine.

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  Men, Waiting Rooms, Years

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• Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.

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  Children, Hard Times, Games

  "Writers at Work". Interview with George Plimpton and Frank Crowther, Paris Review, 1969.

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• I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.

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  Dream, Song, Believe

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• Writers do not merely reflect and interpret life, they inform and shape life.

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  Writing, Shapes

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.218, Cornell University Press

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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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  Communication, Luck, Taste And Judgment

  E. B. WHITE (1954). “The SECOND TREE from the CORNER”

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• The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.

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  Communication, Self, Problem

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• The beginner should approach style warily, realizing that it is himself he is approaching, no other; and he should begin by turning resolutely away from all devices that are popularly believed to indicate style - all mannerisms, tricks, adornments. The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.

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  Simplicity, Style, Beginners

  E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.190, Cornell University Press

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• In every queen there's a touch of floozy.

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  Queens

  E. B. WHITE (1954). “The SECOND TREE from the CORNER”

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• Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.

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  Faith, Religious, Democracy

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• Stuart 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.

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  Land, Sky, Car

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• Geese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.

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  Friendship, Mouths, Accusation

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