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. WHITEIt can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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Is there anything in the universe more beautiful and protective than the simple complexity of a spider’s web?
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People are, if anything, more touchy about being thought silly than they are about being thought unjust.
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It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck.
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Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.
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It is Sunday, mid-morning-Sunday in the living room, Sunday in the kitchen, Sunday in the woodshed, Sunday down the road in the village: I hear the bells, calling me to share God’s grace.
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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and to have one hell of a good time. Sometimes, this makes planning the day difficult.
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Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing.
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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 a life, anyway?
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Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.
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“What are they, and where are you?” screamed Wilbur. “Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?” “Salutations are greetings,” said the voice. “When I say ‘salutations,’ it’s just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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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.
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When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
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