Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
E. B. WHITETrust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.
E. B. WHITEStuart 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 land that stretched before him, the way seemed long. But the sky was bright, and he somehow felt he was headed in the right direction.
E. B. WHITENever hurry and never worry!
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. WHITEIt can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
E. B. WHITEA right is a responsibility in reverse.
E. B. WHITELuck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
E. B. WHITEI am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.
E. B. WHITEWriting is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
E. B. WHITEIt is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.
E. B. WHITEThere’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.
E. B. WHITEYou can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you.
E. B. WHITEI don’t know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.
E. B. WHITEA schoolchild should be taught grammar-for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy.
E. B. WHITEGeese are friends to no one, they bad mouth everybody and everything. But they are companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and false accusations.
E. B. WHITEThe world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
E. B. WHITE