All Elwyn Brooks White Quotes
- Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure… Any
- Too many things on my mind, said Wilbur. Well, said the goose, that's not my trouble. I have nothing at all on my mind, but… All
- new york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing. Continuing
- I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all. Admiration
- You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's… All
- You're terrific as far as I am concerned. Concerned
- The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about but that is in everyone's mind. The city, for the first time… Bigger
- I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating. Advice
- A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear… Beauty
- Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart.… Along
- Templeton was down there now, rummaging around. When he returned to the barn, he carried in his mouth an advertisement he had torn from a… Ad
- Semi-colons only prove that the author has been to college. Author
- Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man. Advice
- A single overstatement, wherever or however it occurs, diminishes the whole, and a carefree superlative has the power to destroy, for the reader, the object… Carefree
- The young writer should learn to spot them: words that at first glance seem freighted with delicious meaning, but that soon burst in the air,… Air
- Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is too much for him. Acrobat
- There is another sort of day which needs celebrating in song -- the day of days when spring at last holds up her face to… Another Sort
- And then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before.… Addressed
- To achieve style, begin by affecting none. Achieve
- A shaft of sunlight at the end of a dark afternoon, a note of music, and the way the back of a baby’s neck smells… Afternoon