E.B. White

“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and…

— E.B. White

“I don't know why people feel unhappy when the curve of a graph fails to keep going up, but they do. Even…

— E.B. White

“Only a person who is congenitally self-centered has the effrontery and the stamina to write essays.”

— E.B. White

“The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature, and although you…

— E.B. White

“He wiped his face with his handkerchief, for he was quite warm from the exertion of being Chairman of the World. It…

— E.B. White

“A block or two west of the new City of Man in Turtle Bay there is an old willow tree that presides…

— E.B. White

“It is already apparent that the word 'Fascist' will be one of the hardest-worked words in the Presidential campaign. Henry Wallace called…

— E.B. White

“There’s something about north,” he said, “something that sets it apart from all other directions. A person who is heading north is…

— E.B. White

“In the second place, I am not interested in pigs. Pigs mean less than nothing to me." "What do you mean, less…

— E.B. White

“When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes.”

— E.B. White

“I head east along Rivington. All is cheerful and filthy and crowded. Small shops overflow onto the sidewalk, leaving only half the…

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“I'm staying right here," grumbled the rat. "I haven't the slightest interest in fairs." "That's because you've never been to one," remarked…

— E.B. White

“I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it.”

— E.B. White

“I find this morning that what I most vividly and longingly recall is the sight of my grandson and his little sunburnt…

— E.B. White

“She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a…

— E.B. White

“The night seemed long. Wilbur's stomach was empty and his mind was full. And when your stomach is empty and your mind…

— E.B. White

“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I…

— E.B. White

“Walden is the report of a man torn by two powerful and opposing drives – the desire to enjoy the world and…

— E.B. White

“Trexler knew what he wanted, and what, in general, all men wanted; and he was glad, in a way, that it was…

— E.B. White

“People are shopping these days. The stores are crowded. Buyers are intent but not gay. The news of the atomic bomb came…

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“I have known many graduates of Bryn Mawr. They are all of the same mold. They have all accepted the same bright…

— E.B. White

“I remember what it is like to be in love before any of love’s complexities or realities or disturbances has entered in,…

— E.B. White

“Flammable. An oddity, chiefly useful in saving lives. The common word meaning "combustible" is inflammable. But some people are thrown off by…

— E.B. White

“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.”

— E.B. White

“Summertime, oh, summertime, pattern of life indelible, the fade-proof lake, the woods unshatterable, the pasture with the sweetfern and the juniper forever…

— E.B. White