1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

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    A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.

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    Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off.

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    Numerous times we've had no one show up after the hour. Students need to be on time. They miss their education if they're not at school on time.

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    From three to four, he planned to stand perfectly still and think of what it was like to be alive.

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    An older model El Camino pulled up and the individual asked the child if they wanted a ride and the child refused,

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    It's always been a dream of mine, but certain things won't allow me to chase that dream. It's kind of out of my hands at this point.

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    The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is of general interest.

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