Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
E. B. WHITEDemocracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
E. B. WHITEReading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
E. B. WHITEBe obscure clearly! Be wild of tongue in a way we can understand.
E. B. WHITEIs there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
E. B. WHITEA candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.
E. B. WHITENever hurry and never worry!
E. B. WHITEBooks are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people– people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.
E. 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. WHITEI have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
E. B. WHITEIf a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. WHITEEverything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
E. B. WHITENo one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader’s intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.
E. B. WHITEFern 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. WHITEIt can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
E. B. WHITECreation is in part merely the business of forgoing the great and small distractions.
E. B. WHITEI am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn’t know where else to go.
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