Elwyn Brooks White Quotes Elwyn Brooks White The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind. Childhood Doorway Full Mind Never Open People World
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. Elwyn Brooks White
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time. Elwyn Brooks White
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. Elwyn Brooks White
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. Elwyn Brooks White
It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members. Elwyn Brooks White
'Firelight' is a beautiful story about a lot of young women. My character, Caroline, is a girl who has a bad boyfriend, and he ends up getting her locked up and incarcerated. Qorianka Kilcher
Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness. Nora K. Jemisin
I tell my children now that they are older, 'If something happens to me… don't make no big fuss over me. Don't make no big expense on my funeral. Don't put any pressure on the rest of the family. I've loved everybody, and I hope they loved me. But don't create this big expense for the family.' B. B King