E.B. White

Life will be paperwork; death will be a questionnaire.
-E.B. White

When a glass of wine is poured a wine fly appears promptly- but I never see him at any other time, and wonder where he keeps himself in the meanwhile and what he does for a drink.
-E.B. White

When you can't breathe through your nose Tomorrow seems strangely like the day before yesterday.
-E.B. White

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without ill effect. No one can write knowingly of the weather who walks bent over on wet days.
-E.B. White

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.
-E.B. White

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
-E.B. White

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
-E.B. White