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Elwyn Brooks White was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist and author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. He authored over seventeen books of prose and poetry ...

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Elwyn Brooks White was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist and author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. He authored over seventeen books of prose and poetry ...

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家就像一座装了单向闸门的水库：允许流入，却阻止流出。东西没日没夜地收进来——顺畅、隐秘、不知不觉。……通常情况下，家中丢弃的，只有废纸和垃圾，其他的一切，都留存下来，潜伏在什么地方。……我毫不怀疑，它将终身伴随我，不会带来温暖和换了，只会割据我本来不大的空间。……在他告别的每一处地方，照我看来，都会丢下一些要紧的东西，随后又以不那么拘谨的身段开始了新的生活，恍如蜕壳的龙虾，一时间变得柔软，但也不免脆弱起来。

——引自章节：告别四十八街

"Andineveryplaceheabandonsheleavessomethingvital,itseemstome,andstartshisnewlifesomewhatlessencrusted,likealobsterthathassheditsskinandisforatimesoftandvulnerable."

——引自章节：Good-byetoForty-eightStreet