“’… with men it’s rush, rush, rush, every minute. I’m glad I’m a sedentary spider.’
‘What does sedentary mean?’ asked Wilbur.
‘Means I sit still a good part of the time and don’t go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think.’”
‘What does sedentary mean?’ asked Wilbur.
‘Means I sit still a good part of the time and don’t go wandering all over creation. I know a good thing when I see it, and my web is a good thing. I stay put and wait for what comes. Gives me a chance to think.’”
Charlotte’s Web, pp. 60-1
By E.B. White
Published 1952
By E.B. White
Published 1952
I love you for this.
I feel as though this book never gets any attention anymore, and it bloody should.
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this quote makes me curious to buy the book. i’ll put it on my list. thank you for sharing. 🙂
Aww,I remember reading this book in my younger days
This is beautiful, hope you don’t mind but i borrowed the quote for one of my blogs. http://lhmishere.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/its-all-relative.html x x
that photo is so cool!
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