As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the sa…

E. B. White
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As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost. ✨ E. B. White (2011). In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers, p.23, Cornell University Press
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