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E. B. White Quotes

E. B. White quotes

American Writer July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985

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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. White
This is what youth must figure out: Girls, love, and living. The having, the not having, The spending and giving, And the meloncholy time of not knowing. This is what age must learn about: The ABC of dying. The going, yet not going, The loving and leaving, And the unbearable knowing and knowing E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say,..."
All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Wilbur didn't want food, he wanted love."
Wilbur didn't want food, he wanted love. E. B. White
I remember what it is like to be in love before any of love’s complexities or realities or disturbances has entered in, to dilute its splendor and challenge its perfection. E. B. White
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? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that. E. B. White
You have been my friend," replied Charlotte. "That in itself is a tremendous thing...after all, what's a life anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die...By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that. E. B. White
I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirsty—everything I don’t like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty and, of course, clever? E. B. White
A block or two west of the new City of Man in Turtle Bay there is an old willow tree that presides over an interior garden. It is a battered tree, long suffering and much climbed, held together by strands of wire but beloved of those who know it. In a way it symbolizes the city: life under difficulties, growth against odds, sap-rise in the midst of concrete, and the steady reaching for the sun. Whenever I look at it nowadays, and feel the cold shadow of the planes, I think: "This must be... E. B. White
The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines. E. B. White
A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books 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
E. B. White quote: "But real life is only one kind of life—there is also the life..."
But real life is only one kind of life—there is also the life of the imagination. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past..."
Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can't erase it. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car."
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. E. B. White
E. B. White quote: "After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little..."
After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. E. B. White

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