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

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

“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”

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

“Ive got a new friend, all right. But what a gamble friendship is! Charlotte is fierce, brutal, scheming, bloodthirstyeverything I dont like. How can I learn to like her, even though she is pretty a...”

“We take to the breeze, we go as we please.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”