I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

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About E. B. White

Portrait of E. B. White

Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer, essayist, and a contributing editor for The New Yorker magazine. He was also the author of highly popular books for children: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970).

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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested, and the frog dies of it.

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it is highly unprofitable to most people.

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The time in our own life when we came closest to being convinced by silence was one time at sea in a light fall of snow. We heard nothing — no gravel, no wind, no waves, no wolves, no bell buoy. It was convincing and it was beautiful.

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

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Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

—Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth

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Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.

It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.

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It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.

—Arthur C. Clarke

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What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space.

—David Hockney

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