On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy.... No one should come to New York t… - E.B. White

It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.

Ever since the spider had befriended him, he had done his best to live up to his reputation. When Charlotte’s web said SOME PIG, Wilbur had tried hard to look like some pig. When Charlotte’s web said TERRIFIC, Wilbur had tried to look terrific. And now that the web said RADIANT, he did everything possible to make himself glow.

I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it.

The quickest way to spoil a friendship is to wake somebody up in the morning before he is ready.