Wisdom from Charlotte's Web

“It just shows what can happen if a person gets out of bed promptly.”

“The world is a wonderful place when you’re young.”

“Wilbur didn’t want food, he wanted love. He wanted a friend—someone who would play with him.”

“I don’t think there is any such thing as less than nothing. Nothing is absolutely the limit of nothingness. It’s the lowest you can go. It’s the end of the line. How can so nothing be less than nothing? If there were something that was less than nothing, then nothing would not be nothing, it would be something—even though it’s just a very little bit of something. But if nothing is nothing, then nothing has nothing that is less than it is.”

“When your stomach is empty and your mind is full, it’s always hard to sleep.”

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

“But what a gamble friendship is!”

“Wilbur was merely suffering the doubts and fears that often go with finding a new friend. In good time he was to discover that he was mistaken about Charlotte. Underneath her rather bold and cruel exterior, she had a kind heart, and she was to prove loyal and true to the very end.”

“Never hurry and never worry!”

“Children pay better attention than grownups.”

“Perhaps if people talked less, animals would talk more.”

“Friendship is one of the most satisfying things in the world.”

“What fantastic creatures boys are!”
“You have been my friend…that in itself is a tremendous thing.”

“By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.”

“You would live longer,” said the old sheep, “if you ate less.”

“Who wants to live forever?” sneered the rat. “I am naturally a heavy eater and I get untold satisfaction from the pleasures of the feast.”

“It’s not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”