Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar. - E.B. White

"This is what youth must figure out:Girls, love, and living.The having, the not having,The spending and giving,And the meloncholy time of not knowing.This is what age must learn about:The ABC of dying.The going, yet not going,The loving and leaving,And the unbearable knowing and knowing"

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

"Writing is both mask and unveiling."

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

"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."