If the world were merely seductive, 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 the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
Source: The New York Times, interview with E. B. White by Israel Shenker, July 11, 1969
Genuine White, from the 1969 New York Times interview by Israel Shenker. The original reads "...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." The input drops the parentheticals, which is the common short form, so the text is accurate but slightly abridged; consider restoring the parentheses. Author name should be normalized to E. B. White rather than "Elwyn Brooks White".