Charlotte's Web Quotes

“It is quite possible that an animal has spoken civilly to me and that I didn’t catch the remark because I wasn’t paying attention. Children pay better attention than grownups. If Fern says that the animals in Zuckerman’s barn talk, I’m quite ready to believe her. Perhaps if people talked less, animals would talk more. People are incessant talkers—I can give you my word on that.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

“The next day was foggy. Everything on the farm was dripping wet. The grass looked like a magic carpet. The asparagus patch looked like a silver forest.

On foggy mornings, Charlotte’s web was truly a thing of beauty. This morning each thin strand was decorated with dozens of tiny beads of water. The web glistened in the light and made a pattern of loveliness and mystery, like a delicate veil.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

“I’m a doctor. Doctors are supposed to understand everything. But I don’t understand everything, and I don’t intend to let it worry me.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

“Chin up. Chin up. Everybody loves a happy face.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web

“You have been my friend. That itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web