EB white's classic quotations

1. Maybe I should remind you of what kind of madhouse you will walk into. I have 10 turkeys, 3 dogs, 3 children, a total of 3-4 hired workers, and two waterways, a septic tank, a chimney with a tail-piercing swift, an elk head that has been stuck with swallow droppings, a pond full of frogs, a nest of bantam chickens, a sales list of Seale, and 165 chairs.

Perhaps the success or failure of the future depends partly on our ability to produce cheap electricity, but I think it depends more on our ability to resist those boring technical formulas: peas without historical process, corn fields without raccoons, smart knowledge and kitchens without heaters. Rocks are rocks, more than uranium. The surface of the rock is covered with lichen, and the ferns rooted in the rock exude fragrance. Standing on the rock, the surrounding scenery is vivid.

3. People in new york tend to move around, pursue the best layout of rooms and scenery, and change houses according to the changes of financial resources, intentions and demands. Everywhere he said goodbye, in my opinion, he left something important, and then started a new life as an informal figure, just like a shelled lobster, which became soft at one moment and fragile at the other.

This spring, I plan to let a hen hatch some fire eggs to encourage myself and prove that men have courage and are not afraid of failure.

For many of us, the most difficult thing in the face of war is a proper degree of anger. Sometimes, what scares me is that I suddenly find myself right? French occupation? Is this word safe? There seems to be such a place.

6. People should live to death, so that they can be honest in the morning. The second tree from the corner.

7. There will always be times when people are unusually awake in their lives, not when they are in a daze.

8. I seem to be beginning to lose some confidence in life. There is a feeling in my heart that some elusive things are slowly filtered out. I also found that I have a sense of responsibility to someone. This feeling is not to arouse my gratitude, but a faint resentment-the unique emotion that a person will have when he is favored by others, whether he likes it or not.

9. In the era of speed, tourism has also changed its taste. If Concorde dominates the sky, it won't be long before we blink. Just jump from one continent to another, enter another time zone from one time zone, and even have no time not to like the movies there. We have all become Kissinger, running from one flower to another, coming and going in a hurry, ignoring the taste of the present.

10. I soon felt that I didn't choose the wrong wife. One afternoon, I helped her pack some overnight luggage, and she told me to floss more. I immediately understood that the woman who called flossing flossing must be my wife. I looked for her for a long time, but it was worth it.

1 1. Generally speaking, there are three in new york. A native man and woman, in their eyes, new york has never been like this. Its scale and its noise are innate and unavoidable. One belongs to the commuter family. They are like swarms of locusts, swallowing them during the day and spitting them out at night. A person who was born in a foreign country and came here in search of something. Of these three turbulent cities, the greatest is the last? New york has become the ultimate destination and goal.

12. Thank you for your letter-I'm sorry I can't give you a better answer, but in essence, you must untie the bell and tie the bell. You said you wanted to live a successful and sincere life, but this is actually the answer. If you sincerely hope so, you will blossom and bear fruit, adding beautiful scenery to the orchard, no matter where it is.

13. The most important secret in spiritual life is simplicity; In fact, simplicity itself is the biggest obstacle, because it makes it impossible for people with high complexity to reach or approach, and these people insist on using corresponding twists and turns or treatments to overcome their own pain.

14. Group hysteria is a terrible force. However, new york people seem to survive every time: they are sitting in the subway car that stops halfway, without claustrophobia, they get rid of the panic situation by a few witticisms, they grit their teeth, endure the chaos and congestion patiently, and always cope with everything. All the facilities are not perfect? Hospitals, schools and sports fields are overcrowded, highways are in chaos, roads and bridges that have been in disrepair are often unable to move, the air is suffocating, the light is insufficient, and the heating is either too much or not enough.

15. In a free country, writers have the obligation not to pay attention to their obligations. Only under autocracy can people expect literature to show harmonious ideas and inspire people in a high-profile way. An autocratic monarch is not afraid of writers who advocate freedom. What he is afraid of is that a joke made by a poet will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. His biggest worry is joy, which is an irresistible joy that people can't help expressing. Everyone is different.

16. People seldom realize how terrible contempt is until they begin to despise themselves.

17. Time is not important in front of anyone. Except the dead, even the dead must have heard the acceleration of a small sports car and know that the world has changed.

18. The theme of life is to be happy in the face of complexity.

19. I wonder if I am really shy. Like you, I am an enterprising person. Few people recognized me when I strutted through Algonkin. The only reason is that among the thousands of people I met in new york, no one can remember even one interesting or meaningful thing I said. I am a boring person myself. No one wants to find me, even people who like me or agree with me. I'm just a prose writer.

20. The prosperity of literature is not on the day when writers form a group, but when they despise each other. The poet thinks highly of himself among those who show off his pen. In the long run, they have the most status and influence. Even if evil is in power, a writer should only pay attention to those things that naturally attract his imagination. Whether it's free or smelly, he might as well take it easy when writing.

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