E. B. White

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It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.


— E. B. White


#comes #friend #good #good writer #often

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.


— E. B. White


#about #bright #bright future #feel #future

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.


— E. B. White


#doorway #full #met #mind #never

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.


— E. B. White


#faith #grammar #trick #writing

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.


— E. B. White


#becomes #difficult #every #more #perceive

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.


— E. B. White


#analyzing #dies #dissecting #few #few people

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.


— E. B. White


#car #else #everything #get #life

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.


— E. B. White


#form #get #great #great time #having

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.


— E. B. White


#cracked #found #genius #more #often

Be obscure clearly.


— E. B. White


#clearly #obscure






About E. B. White

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Did you know about E. B. White?

B. 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. White was also a member of the Aleph Samach and Quill and Dagger societies and Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI).

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. White was an American writer.