All Elwyn Brooks White Quotes
- Well,†said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone. Abomination
- Be obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand. Clearly
- By comparison with other less hectic days, the city is unconfortable and inconvenient; but New Yorkers tempramentally do not crave comfort and convenience - if… Cities
- Have you ever found anything that gives you relief?"... "Yes. A drink Drink
- But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm... in the middle of the web there… Edith
- Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people-- people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the… Alive
- Thus I, gone forth, as spiders do, In spider’s web a truth discerning, Attach one silken strand to you For my returning. Attach
- I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don’t like. How can I… All
- Don't write about Man; write about a man. Inspirational
- Just to live in the country is a full-time job. You don't have to do anything. The idle pursuit of making a living is pushed… Beauty
- Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. Children are demanding. They are the most… Across
- Never hurry and never worry! Funny
- Meetings bore me." ~Templeton, Charlotte's Web Bore
- Stuart rose from the ditch, climbed into his car, and started up the road that led toward the north...As he peeked ahead into the great… Ahead
- Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print. Believe
- The best writing is rewriting. Best
- ... with men it's rush, rush, rush, every minute. I'm glad I'm a sedentary spider." "What does sedentary mean?" asked Wilbur. "Means I sit still… All
- An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write. Desire
- The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal… Accompaniment
- Once in everyone's life there is apt to be a period when he is fully awake, instead of half-asleep. Apt