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Books are the door of escape from the forest.
E. B. White
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E. B. White
Age: 86 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 11
Died: 1985
Died: October 1
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When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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If I can fool a bug... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.
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New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating the individual (if he wants it, and almost everybody wants or needs it) against all enormous and violent and wonderful events that are taking place every minute.
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I seldom went to bed before two or three o'clock in the morning, on the theory that if anything of interest were to happen to a young man it would almost certainly happen late at night.
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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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Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
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All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.
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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
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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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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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Life's accumulation is more discouraging than life itself, when stirred up.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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In every queen there's a touch of floozy.
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I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
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In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.
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Advice from this elderly practitioner is to forget publishers and just roll a sheet of copy paper into your machine and get lost in your subject.
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