E.B. White Quotes
Don't be amazed. There is nothing strange about eight white men being alone and therefore helpless.
Writing about race and crime was not new territory for me. But it can be treacherous. So here are my rules: No stereotypes. No generalizations. No explanations. No apologies. Just the facts, ma’am.
How fortunate, then, that we serve a God who quickens the dead. Who breathes life into the lifeless. Do you not think that a God who formed man out of dust can form a new creation in you?
She hated the way roses smelled, their sweetness too fragile. She wanted a garden of evergreens. A garden of stones. A garden of swords.
In America everyone called the merest acquaintance a ‘friend’ – Guy had taken up the habit. It made him feel better about not having any real friends.
Just because I'm insane doesn't mean I have to act all crazy.
Sometimes it is good to breach the rulesso as to achieve an end, Yet keep an edge and not break or bend.
Standing is symbolic of life itself, Open space is just a distance between you and someone else
...every god serves a purpose and every faith fills a need.
From the very beginningperplexing and wanderingfrom one ocean to anotheran everlasting wander
Looking aroundthere is nothing but illusionEverything is drownedin the oceans of illusion
To those who value words of affirmation, criticism feels like a knife in the heart.
don't turn over rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live underneath them.
Crazy must run in your family, ” he says.“You do know Fia!” I blurt, then bite my lip.
And the best sort of villain is smart and subtle and so very tricky that you don't even know he's the villain, because he thinks himself the hero in his own story.
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.
You will generally observe that, of all Americans, your foreign-born citizens are the most patriotic - especially toward the Fourth of July.
You need something, " he said, and when I stared at him, he added, "Your face.""My face?""It's in need of my kisses.
At times his arrogance did resolve itself into simplicity, though it was difficult, especially for strangers, to distinguish these occasions.
The Invisible is movingSoftly and soothingI feel it insideIt is youIt is my feeling for youI want to give it lifeMy whole life
Don't turn over rocks if you don't want to see the pale creatures who live under them.
The increasingly cynical court thought Arthur, "hypocritical, as all decent men must be if you assume decency cannot exist.
If you are too weak to stand being hit and too stupid to avoid it, then you deserve more pain.
All I’m saying is that I don’t want to sort of fall in love with fifty different people. I’d rather find one person and fall completely, deeply in over my head.
My heart felt like a balloon that was filling too full, and I panicked. I might get the bends, the way scuba divers did when they surfaced too fast.
Older guys have too much emotional baggage. They’ve already lived their lives.
I wash myself clean of guilt, of pain, of fear, of emotion. I am the ocean. I am empty. I am nothing.
I don’t want to think about things like normal and safe, things I can’t have.
My bed is massive (I drown in it, and it doesn’t matter how big the bed is, my nightmares more than fill it)
I think happy thoughts and feel happy things and I do not let myself near the swirling black edges of the hole that is my soul when I look at them.
Walden is the report of a man torn by two powerful and opposing drives – the desire to enjoy the world and the urge to set the world straight.
The best men are not consistent in good—why should the worst men be consistent in evil?
During your job search, you must also be networking as much as possible, attending events, talks, lectures, and conferences where you’ll meet people you can add to your contact list.
You can’t get caught up in worrying about whether everyone you work with likes you. Ultimately you want the respect of your coworkers, but you don’t need them to be your buddies.
Come right out and say you want it: “It’s been great hearing you talk about the position. I’d love to work here, and I think I could do a terrific job for you.
Smile, look invested, and when you hand in certain projects, say you enjoyed working on them.