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> [I discovered a long time ago that writing of the small things of the day, the trivial matters of the heart, the inconsequential but near things of this living, was the only kind of creative work which I could accomplish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-b-white/i-discovered-a-long-time-ago-that-writing-of-the-small-things-of-the/)

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

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