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Elwyn Brooks White Quotes

Elwyn Brooks White

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.

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Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.

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Be obscure clearly.

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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

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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.

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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

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A writer is like a bean plant – he has his little day, and then gets stringy.

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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

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All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days.

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