"If the world were merely seductive," he noted, "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."
Sunday, February 1, 2015
This makes it hard to plan the day.
From E.B. White: Notes and Comment by Author by Israel Shenker, The New York Times (11 July 1969).
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