“ To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering 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, i… E.B. White
“ The sea answers all questions, and always in the same way; for when you read in the papers the interminable discussions and the bickering and the prognostications and the turmoil, the disagreements an… E.B. White
“ I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. "Never worry about your heart till it stops beating. E.B. White
“ A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring. E.B. White
“ Early summer days are a jubilee time for birds. In the fields, around the house, in the barn, in the woods, in the swamp - everywhere love and songs and nests and eggs. E.B. White
“ I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance of survival if we accommodated… E.B. White
“ The critic leaves at curtain fall To find, in starting to review it, He scarcely saw the play at all For starting to review it. E.B. White
“ The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything E.B. White
“ If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to e… E.B. White
“ New york provides not only a continuing excitation but also a spectacle that is continuing. 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
“ Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process. E.B. White
