"I will be your friend, Wilbur. I have never been a friend to any animal"
Friendship
"You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing"
Friendship
"By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a little"
Kindness
"We're all going to die, Wilbur, but before we do, we get to live"
Death
"A spider's life can't help being something of a mess"
Life
"I am not criticizing your looks, Wilbur. I am merely mentioning them"
"We'll be partners. I'll do the writing and you'll do the climbing"
"I write the way I talk"
Creativity
"The web is my whole life"
Work
"I like to save my energies and work nights"
Work
"Oh, I don't know about that"
"Go along and don't give it another thought"
Peace
"Goodbye, Wilbur. I'm going into my cocoon now"
Death
"It means I'm going to die"
Death
"The pig would be saved, and I would have my eggs"
Wisdom
"If I can only give my life some meaning, I'll be happy"
"Words are wonderful things"
Literature
"Every spider knows how to make a web"
Knowledge
"I save my energy and my thinking for the night"
Wisdom
"You'll like it here"
Hope