410 Quotes by E.B. White

Democracy is a request from a War Board, in the middle of a morning in the middle of a war, wanting to know what democracy is.

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. They are 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.

I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.

The doctor said the wound was superficial. The old cob didn’t know what “superficial” meant, but it sounded serious.

Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.

Nobody, of the hundreds of people that had visited the Fair, knew that a grey spider had played the most important part of all. No one was with her when she died.

And when your stomach is empty and your mind is full, it’s always hard to sleep.

The vision of milk and honey, it comes and goes. But the odor of cooking goes on forever.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.