E. B. White
E. B. White
Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. Charlotte's Web was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, an accomplishment repeated in earlier surveys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth11 July 1899
CountryUnited States of America
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.
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.
Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.
Reading is the work of the alert mind, is demanding, and under ideal conditions produces finally a sort of ecstasy.
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.
I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
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.
Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They'll believe anything they see in print.
The experience that we have just playing in the last two games is probably going to help us out a lot. And the game plan Coach Carroll prepares is going to be awesome.
What I first had to do was to start them thinking differently. They just didn't have a whole lot of pride.
It is a great relief to finally have won our first game, especially against such a strong side as Rochdale,
I think the 'Mallards' would be good. Fans could do duck calls at the games, and this is a hunting state.
We are having local expenses due to assisting evacuees that are in our community,
We are continuing to work with the airport, and our hope is they will come into full compliance with our regulations.