I consider it a good rule for letter-writing to leave unmentioned what the recipient already knows, and instead tell him something new. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
More and more I feel like a letter—deposited here, collected there. But a letter addressed to no one. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
“Henceforth letter-writing had to take the place of all the affection that could not be lived.” — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
Sometimes the feelings you really mean are found in the letters which you write and never send. — Bernajoy Vaal Copy Share Image
About Newton: Nature to him was an open book, whose letters he could read without effort. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
If a synesthetic person says the letter a is green, it can't ever be anything but green. — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
The girl behind the scrawled letters. I loved you from the moment I read them. I love you still.” - Will Herondale — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Equity' is only two letters away from 'equality,' after all, and who would object to that? But in those two letters is… — Miranda Devine Copy Share Image
The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have the feeling that you are not quite aware--and this honors you--of the historical greatness of your position, that you… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I find in this e-mail and texting age that getting a hand-written letter is even more special. I think writing letters is… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
Most writers are secretly worried that they're not really writers. That it's all been happenstance, something came together randomly, the letters came… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually… — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
When John Adams - when - James Madison was writing - pretty much writing the Constitution, he got a letter from Thomas… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
I saw a lady on TV, she was born without arms. That's sad, but then they said, "Lola does not know the… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I remember one letter from a girl in a midwestern town who read one of my books and thought she had discovered… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
Other letters simply relate the small events that punctuate the passage of time: roses picked at dusk, the laziness of a rainy… — Jean-Dominique Bauby Copy Share Image
I fully agree with all that you say on the advantages of Spencer's excellent expression of 'the survival of the fittest.' This,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
When we separate the word business into its component letters, B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S, we find that U and I are both in it. In… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Doth not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Doth not… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Many of us have road maps we envision for the course we think our lives should take. It's important to get headed… — Douglas Pagels Copy Share Image
I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
I'm a bit dyslexic so I found learning to read hard. I muddled up the letters but learnt to power through. — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
When you travel to the Celestial City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God,--none of the servants. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
My speech impediment wasn't a stutter but it was dropping several letters that I just could not say for several years, most… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
M is for magic. All the letters are, if you put them together properly. You can make magic with them, and dreams,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Being from a divorced family almost felt like a scarlet letter at times. And I denied it for a long time. — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
We have so many different options now and ways to communicate digitally. But I don't think anything is more meaningful or powerful… — Debra Messing Copy Share Image
Every week I get letters from people worldwide who feel that the possibilian point of view represents their understanding better than either… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
“where was I? in remarking that me is the envelopes and not nearly so much so, the often foolish letters inside.” — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
It got so that when he closed his eyes, letters and words danced in his mind. He thought of little else during… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I think I got serious about writing in the late '90s. The first stuff I wrote was terrible and got rejected, but… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
People would write me hate letters. How dare I try to represent Hispanics when I was so white? I tried to make… — Cristina Saralegui Copy Share Image
I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were… — Billy Bragg Copy Share Image
A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife wanted". Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same… — Brad Pitt Copy Share Image
Three letters send a chill down the spine of the enemy: SAS. Those letters spell out one clear message. Don't mess with… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
