White, Elwyn Brooks(E. B. White)

US author, critic, and humorist

wrote juvenile novels "Stuart Little" 1945, "Charlotte's Web" 1952, "Trumpet of the Swan" 1970

edited revised version of William Strunk's writing manual "The Elements of Style" 1959

recipient of special Pulitzer Prize for lifetime achievement 1978

• "A"fraternity"is the antithesis of fraternity. The first... is predicated on the idea of exclusion; the second (that is, the abstract thing) is based on a feeling of total equality."
• "A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer.... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring."
• "I believe television is going to be the test of the modern world, and that in this new opportunity to see beyond the range of our vision, we shall discover a new and unbearable disturbance of the modern peace, or a saving radiance in the sky. We shall stand or fall by television - of that I am quite sure."
• "I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor."Never worry about your heart till it stops beating."
• "Writing is both mask and unveiling."