E. B. White Quotes About Miracles

Quotes about: Miracles

• But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm... in the middle of the web there were the words 'Some Pig'... we have no ordinary pig." "Well", said Mrs. Zuckerman, "it seems to me you're a little off. It seems to me we have no ordinary spider.

  E. B. White

  Pigs, Miracle, Ordinary

• "What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle--it's just a web."
  "Ever try to spin one?" asked Mr. Dorian.

  E. B. White

  Nature, Miracle, Trying

• Do you understand how there could be any writing in a spider's web?" "Oh, no," said Dr. Dorian. "I don't understand it. But for that matter I don't understand how a spider learned to spin a web in the first place. When the words appeared, everyone said they were a miracle. But nobody pointed out that the web itself is a miracle." "What's miraculous about a spider's web?" said Mrs. Arable. "I don't see why you say a web is a miracle-it's just a web." "Ever try to spin one?" asked Dr. Dorian.

  E. B. White

  Writing, Miracle, Trying

• It is a miracle that New York works at all. The whole thing is implausible.

  E. B. White

  New York, Miracle, Whole

• When snow accumulates week after week, month after month, it works curious miracles.

  E. B. White

  Snow, Miracle, Months

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