More from E. B. White
Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Fern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Life’s meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White In every queen there’s a touch of floozy.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White 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. She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Good deeds never go unpunished.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything
E. B. WhiteE. B. White “What’s miraculous about a spider’s web?” said Mrs. Arable. “I don’t see why you say a web is a miracle–it’s just a web.” “Ever try to spin one?” asked Mr. Dorian.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it.
E. B. WhiteE. B. White
Original quotes
From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on before
It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.
Al RiesAl Ries Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.
Al JarreauAl Jarreau We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton On Saturday of MLK weekend, just days before the inauguration, thousands of people joined me in the nation`s capital to protect the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton The fruit falls off the tree. You don’t shake it off before it’s ready to fall.
Al PacinoAl Pacino I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I’m talking about.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Before Alar, there was EDB, a potent human carcinogen allowed in the grain supply and other food for more than a decade after it was known to be dangerous.
Al MeyerhoffAl Meyerhoff