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E. B. White Quotes

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American Writer July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985

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This is what youth must figure out: Girls, love, and living. The having, the not having, The spending and giving, And the meloncholy time of not knowing. This is what age must learn about: The ABC of dying. The going, yet not going, The loving and leaving, And the unbearable knowing and knowing E. B. White
... with men it's rush, rush, rush, every minute. I'm glad I'm a sedentary spider."What does sedentary mean?" asked Wilbur."Means I sit still a good part of the time and don't go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think. E. B. White
There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter? the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. ...Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives... E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if..."
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or doing laundry. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if..."
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. E. B. White
...[S]ometimes in writing of myself ... I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my finger on a little capsule of truth, and heard it give the faint squeak of mortality under my pressure, an antic sound. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Have you ever found anything that gives you relief?"... "Yes...."
Have you ever found anything that gives you relief?"... "Yes. A drink E. B. White

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