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 (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.


Quoted in profile by Israel Shenker, "E. B. White: Notes and Comment by Author", The New York Times (11 July 1969)

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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...

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...

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...

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...