a true friend and a good writer

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.”
― E.B. White

“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."

[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
― E.B. White

“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”
― E.B. White

“After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

“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, Letters of E. B. White