1,140 Quotes by E. B. White

In a sense the world dies every time a writer dies, because, if he is any good, he has been a wet nurse to humanity during his entire existence and has held earth close around him, like the little obstetrical toad that goes about with a cluster of eggs attached to his legs.

Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.

Don't put your feet on the table, ... You know better.

New York blends the gift of privacy with the excitement of participation; and better than most dense communities it succeeds in insulating the individual (if he wants it, and almost everybody wants or needs it) against all enormous and violent and wonderful events that are taking place every minute.

This is a situation where two boys at this school were very popular and had a lot of friends. A lot of these kids knew them.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

With the tinting and with the efficiency of the glass it should make a large difference on the interior of the building.

This is as good as it gets, ... what you need to recognized is that today's market valuations are clearly at extremes.

Where I would like to discover facts, I find fancy. Where I would like to learn what I did, I learn only what I was thinking. Theyare loaded with opinion, moral thoughts, quick evaluations, youthful hopes and cares and sorrows. Occasionally, they manage to report something in exquisite honesty and accuracy. That is why I have refrained from burning them.