Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.

There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to write clearly, no key that unlocks the door, no inflexible rules by which the young writer may steer his course. He will often find himself steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion.

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

Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.

But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm... in the middle of the web there were the words 'Some Pig'... we have no ordinary pig." "Well", said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider.

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.

Wilbur didn't want food, he wanted love.