Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Quote by E B White

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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back...

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops...

The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops...