Elwyn Brooks White Quotes Elwyn Brooks White The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance. Acceptance Age Atom Man New Power Speed Terror Violence
English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. Elwyn Brooks White
The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind. Elwyn Brooks White
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. Elwyn Brooks White
When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad. Elwyn Brooks White
The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change and we all instinctively avoid it. Elwyn Brooks White
We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. Elwyn Brooks White
My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess – she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived, I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player. B. B King
A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky. Nora K. Jemisin
To me, a poem that's in rhyme and meter is the difference between watching a film in full color and watching a film in black and white. Not that a few black and white films aren't wonderful. So are certain successful pieces of free verse. X. J. Kennedy