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Children1 quote
Children are demanding. They are the most attentive, curious, eager, observant, sensitive, quick, and generally congenial readers on earth. — E.B. White · 1969Democracy1 quote
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. — E.B. White · 1944Friendship1 quote
You have been my friend... That in itself is a tremendous thing. — E.B. White · 1952Middle class life1 quote
Commuter-one who spends his life
In riding to and from his wife;
A man who shaves and takes a train,
And then rides back to shave again. — E.B. White · 1982Modern life1 quote
Commuter-one who spends his life
In riding to and from his wife;
A man who shaves and takes a train,
And then rides back to shave again. — E.B. White · 1982Nature of democracy1 quote
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. — E.B. White · 1944New York City1 quote
All dwellers in cities must live with the stubborn fact of annihilation... Of all targets, New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm. — E.B. White · 1949Nothingness1 quote
What do you mean, less than nothing? I don't think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely the limit of nothingness. It's the lowest you can go. It's the end of the line. How can something be less than nothing? If there were something that was less than nothing, then nothing would not be nothing, it would be something-even though it's just a very little bit of something. But if nothing is nothing, then nothing has nothing that is less than it is. — E.B. White · 1952Nuclear holocaust1 quote
All dwellers in cities must live with the stubborn fact of annihilation... Of all targets, New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm. — E.B. White · 1949