E. B. WhiteThere's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.372Philosophy
E. B. WhiteA poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry: it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island an… ▶361HumanityLifePhilosophy
E. B. WhiteHalf a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.351Life
E. B. WhiteA 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 un… ▶362HumanityLifeReading
E. B. WhiteWhatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor. ✨ E. B. WHITE (1954). The SECOND TREE from the CORNER351Humor
E. B. WhiteIt is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members. ✨ 1942 One Man's Meat, 'On… ▶362Politics
E. B. WhiteIn a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone.… ▶351Reading
E. B. WhiteHome was quite a place when people stayed there. ✨ E. B. WHITE (1954). The SECOND TREE from the CORNER362Humanity
E. B. WhiteFern was up at daylight, trying to rid the world of injustice. As a result, she now has a pig. A small one to be sure, but nevertheless a pig. It just shows what can happen if a p… ▶353Politics
E. B. WhiteEvery 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 possibl… ▶375Hope
E. B. WhiteThere are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as n… ▶331Love
E. B. WhiteWriting is both mask and unveiling. ✨ E. B. White (1989). The Letters of E. B. White, Perennial331Reading
E. B. WhiteLife is always rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.353LifeTime
E. B. WhiteThus I, gone forth, as spiders do, In spider’s web a truth discerning, Attach one silken strand to you For my returning. ✨ E. B. White (1989). The Letters of E. B. White, Pe… ▶354Truth
E. B. WhiteI am a member of a party of one, and I live in an age of fear. Nothing lately has unsettled my party and raised my fears as much as your editorial, on Thanksgiving Day, suggesting… ▶365PoliticsThought
E. B. WhiteI am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow. ✨ E. B. White (2011). In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from Americ… ▶322Reading
E. B. WhiteEnglish usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. ✨ E. B. WHITE (1954). The SECOND TREE fr… ▶344Time
E. B. WhiteThe only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. ✨ E. B. White (2011). In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from Am… ▶311Politics
E. B. WhiteI can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. ✨ E. B. White (1989). The Letters of E. B. White, Perennial<… ▶377Thought
E. B. WhiteIn a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities. ✨ The Second Tree from the Corner 'A Weekend with the … ▶322Humanity
E. B. WhiteWalden is the only book I own, although there are some others unclaimed on my shelves. Every man, I think, reads one book in his life, and this is mine. It is not the best book I … ▶322DeathLifeReading
E. B. WhiteI have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that does not have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular.301Politics
E. B. WhiteThe world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative. ✨ E. B. White (2011). In the Wo… ▶378Death
E. B. WhiteOnce in everyone's life there is apt to be a period when he is fully awake, instead of half-asleep. ✨ E. B. White (2013). Letters of E. B. White, Revised Edition, p.16, Harp… ▶356Life
E. B. WhiteNecessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma. ✨ The Old and the New. The New Yorker, June 19, 1937.323Time
E. B. WhiteI have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend - to make flights, carrying others along if you can manage it. To do this takes courage, even a certain conceit.346Humor
E. B. WhiteI see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel. ✨ E. B. White (2014). Essays of E. B. White, p.10, Harper Collins379Reflection
E. B. WhiteThe world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.302HumanityThought
E. B. WhiteA library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there in a book, you may have your question answered313Reading
E. B. WhiteNo matter what changes take place in the world, or in me, nothing ever seems to disturb the face of spring. ✨ E. B. White (2014). Essays of E. B. White, p.16, Harper Collins… ▶368Time
