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> [“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/i-arise-in-the-morning-torn-between-a-desire-to-improve-the-world-and-4/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

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## More by E.B. White

> [“In the loveliest town of all where the houses were white and high and the elm trees were green and higher than the houses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/in-the-loveliest-town-of-all-where-the-houses-were-white-and-high-and/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“He was sad because his new friend was so bloodthirsty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/he-was-sad-because-his-new-friend-was-so-bloodthirsty/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy. It is this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/on-any-person-who-desires-such-queer-prizes-new-york-will-bestow-the/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“But the city makes up for its hazards and its deficiencies by supplying its citizens with massive doses of a supplementary vitamin-the sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/but-the-city-makes-up-for-its-hazards-and-its-deficiencies-by/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something. Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/third-there-is-the-new-york-of-the-person-who-was-born-somewhere-else/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“A library is many things. It’s a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It’s a place to go if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/a-library-is-many-things-it-s-a-place-to-go-to-get-in-out-of-the-rain-2/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“Most people believe almost anything they see in print.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/most-people-believe-almost-anything-they-see-in-print/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“Remember that writing is translation, and the opus to be translated is yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/remember-that-writing-is-translation-and-the-opus-to-be-translated-is/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“Just the minute another person is drawn into some one's life, there begin to arise undreamed-of complexities, and from such a simple beginning as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/just-the-minute-another-person-is-drawn-into-some-one-s-life-there/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“Your essays spoke of beauty, of love, of light and darkness, of joy and sorrow, and of the goodness of life. They were wonderful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/your-essays-spoke-of-beauty-of-love-of-light-and-darkness-of-joy-and/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“I remember a day in class when he leaned forward, in his characteristic pose - the pose of a man about to impart a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/i-remember-a-day-in-class-when-he-leaned-forward-in-his/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/explaining-a-joke-is-like-dissecting-a-frog-you-understand-it-better/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“Analyzing humor is like disecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/analyzing-humor-is-like-disecting-a-frog-few-people-are-interested/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [ “So I told \[the doctor\] about my hay fever, which used to rage just in summertime but now simmers the year round, and he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/so-i-told-the-doctor-about-my-hay-fever-which-used-to-rage-just-in/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

> [“You have been my friend," replied Charlotte, "That in itself is a tremendous thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white-2/you-have-been-my-friend-replied-charlotte-that-in-itself-is-a/)

[E.B. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-b-white-2/)

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