E.B. White's Quote - Writing is both mask and unveiling. – E.B. White

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Writing is both mask and unveiling. - E.B. White

Writing is both mask and unveiling. – E.B. White

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A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer…. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring. – E.B. White

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New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village â€” the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up! – E.B. White

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Be obscure clearly. – E.B. White

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Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space. – Orson Scott Card

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A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades, 1947

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I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of William Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected works of Francis Bacon. – Bill Hoest (1926–1988)

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Our passions shape our books; repose writes them in the intervals. – Proust, The Past Recaptured, 1927

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Is the glass half empty, half full, or twice as large as it needs to be? – Author Unknown

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