“ This being human is a guest house. Every morning is a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor...Welcome and entertain them all. Treat each guest honorably. The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. ” ― Rumi
Originally edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth, and revised and updated by Martha WhiteForeword by John UpdikeThese letters are, of course, beautifully written but above all personal, precise, and honest. They evoke E.B. White's life in New York and in Maine a
