We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

E. B. White

Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.

Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor.

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.

Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.

Only a congenially self-centred person has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.

Only a congenially self-centred person has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.

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.

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.

A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning.

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.

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.

Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.

Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.

Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.

Loneliness is a strange gift.

Loneliness is a strange gift.

All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.

All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.

Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.

Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college.

To achieve style, begin by affecting none.

To achieve style, begin by affecting none.

I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.

I am always humbled by the infinite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.