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Summertime, oh, summertime, pattern of life indelible, the fade-proof lake, the woods unshatterable, the pasture with the sweetfern and the juniper forever and ever . . . the cottages with their innocent and tranquil design, their tiny docks with the flagpole and the American flag floating against the white clouds in the blue sky, the little paths over the roots of the trees leading from camp to c...
E. B. White
The first day of spring was once the time for taking the young virgins into the fields, there in dalliance to set an example in fertility for Nature to follow. Now we just set the clock an hour ahead and change the oil in the crankcase.
E. B. White
The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it.
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The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.
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The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.
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When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.
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Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.
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