Famous EB White Quotes

  • To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering – EB White

    To confront death, in any guise, is to identify with the victim and face what is unsettling and sobering– EB White

  • As everyone knows, there is often a rather fine line between laughing and crying – EB White

    As everyone knows, there is often a rather fine line between laughing and crying– EB White

  • There is nothing so expensive, really, as a big, well-developed, full-bodied preconception. – EB White

    There is nothing so expensive, really, as a big, well-developed, full-bodied preconception.– EB White

  • Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process. – EB White

    Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process.– EB White

  • We take to the breeze, we go as we please. – EB White

    We take to the breeze, we go as we please.– EB White

  • Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom. – EB White

    Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.– EB White

  • You have been my friend… And that in itself is a tremendous thing. – EB White

    You have been my friend… And that in itself is a tremendous thing.– EB White

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

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

  • Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it. – EB White

    Life is like writing with a pen. You can cross out your past but you can’t erase it.– EB White