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
As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left us in a bad time.
A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist - nothing shields him from the world's gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away, can always fix things up to make himself more presentable, but a man who has written a letter is stuck with it for all time.
Children are game for anything. I throw them hard words, and they backhand them over the net. They love words that give them a hard time, provided they are in a context that absorbs their attention.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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.
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.
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.
To this day it still bothers me because I can hear it in my nose. I can hear a little bit of the nasally thing. I remember that time was very difficult for me. It didn't affect the fate of the record, but I can still hear it.
We felt at the time of the initial offer that there was no way they'd be able to do it as cheaply as we do it ourselves, but out of fairness we went through the process and let them work the figures out,
We are very pleased to sponsor this program; a follow up to our highly successful conference last April. We believe that the time has come to inform and educate the county on the power and influence of this little known and underreported dimension of the Religious Far Right,
To me, if the Coast Guard said it, then this is the record as far as I'm concerned. That's the time to beat. I'm not one for records. I know it's important for him, but the thing is he did it. He pulled it off.
We had to come out pounding the ball, ... Our offensive line did a great job. Every time I got the ball, they had a great surge. They deserve all the credit.
I have been at the forefront of federal politics for more than a decade . . . it's time to recharge the batteries.
I have learned from experience that when you're working in an area, that's the time to get everything done.