A schoolchild should be taught grammar—for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
It is Sunday, mid-morning-Sunday in the living room, Sunday in the kitchen, Sunday in the woodshed, Sunday down the road in the village: I hear the bells, calling me to share God's grace.
Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider's web?
Good deeds never go unpunished.
Well,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.
The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you can take a nation's pulse, you can't be sure that the nation hasn't just run up a flight of stairs.
In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
Only a person who is congenially self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays
I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.
If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.
Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
But real life is only one kind of life—there is also the life of the imagination.
All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.
It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention.
The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.
I believe in dreams. People should have faith in the songs poets sing.
Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.
When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating.
When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said - it makes all the difference. So they are constantly faced with too many choices and must make too many decisions.
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