Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.
E. B. WhiteIt was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything.
E. B. WhiteWhen a man hangs from a tree it doesn't spell justice unless he helped write the law that hanged him.
E. B. WhiteAdvice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.
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