E. B. WhiteA collection of 22 posts

Christmas

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

Science

I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

Sad

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy tod...

Politics

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right...

Courage

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Life

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire t...

Intelligence

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

Humor

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself he is absolutel...

Humor

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the fro...

Health

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.