Charlotte Quotes

“Wilbur never forgot Charlotte. Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart.”

“If I can fool a bug... I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.”

“These autumn days will shorten and grow cold. The leaves will shake loose from the trees and fall. Christmas will come, then the snows of winter. You will live to enjoy the beauty of the frozen world, for you mean a great deal to Zuckerman and he will not harm you, ever. Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy, Wilbur — this lovely world, these precious days…”

“Nobody, of the hundreds of people that had visited the Fair, knew that a grey spider had played the most important part of all. No one was with her when she died.”

“Salutations are greetings; it’s my fancy way of saying hello.”

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

“After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die.”

“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.”

“Trust me, Wilbur. People are very gullible. They’ll believe anything they see in print.”

“Never hurry and never worry!”

”A spider’s web is stronger than it looks. Although it is made of thin, delicate strands, the web is not easily broken.”

“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.”

“No one had ever had such a friend—so affectionate, so loyal, and so skillful.”

“Ever since the spider had befriended him, he had done his best to live up to his reputation. When Charlotte’s web said SOME PIG, Wilbur had tried hard to look like some pig. When Charlotte’s web said TERRIFIC, Wilbur had tried to look terrific. And now that the web said RADIANT, he did everything possible to make himself glow.”

“Wilbur blushed. ‘But I’m not terrific, Charlotte. I’m just about average for a pig.‘”

“With the right words, you can change the world.”

“I’ve got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is!”

“Well I am pretty. Nearly all spiders are good looking. I’m not as flashy as some, but I’ll do.”

“It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.”

“Mama’s girls were going to the library, and Henry was impatient. ‘If it was Charlotte, I could understand,’ said Ella, who was the eldest and very serious. ‘I’d know Charlotte was off dreaming in some corner. But what can be keeping Sarah?”

“Charlotte takes the elevated train without paying her fare, Gertie makes a pancake, and little Charlie is terrified when he meets Santa Claus.”