Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Keeping a Journal
E.B. White, letter to Luella Adams (November 24, 1957):
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When I was young and full of beans I used to keep a diary, only I called it a "journal" to make it sound more impressive. I wrote in it so steadily and over so many years that it is eight inches thick and contains probably the world's finest collection of callow and insipid remarks.
