--- title: "6 Old Letter Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Old Letter quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Old Letter sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/robert-motherwell-11726_cigarette_to-pick-up-a-cigarette-wrapper-or-wine-l_577634.jpg" --- > [To pick up a cigarette wrapper or wine label or an old letter or the end of a carton is my way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/to-pick-up-a-cigarette-wrapper-or-wine-label-or-an-old-letter-or-the/) [Robert Motherwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-motherwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/robert-motherwell-11726_cigarette_to-pick-up-a-cigarette-wrapper-or-wine-l_577634.jpg) > [Research material can turn up anywhere - in a dusty old letter in an archive, a journal or some old photographs you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-sheridan/research-material-can-turn-up-anywhere-in-a-dusty-old-letter-in-an/) [Sara Sheridan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-sheridan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/sara-sheridan-1032_archive_research-material-can-turn-up-anywhere-i_749181.png) > [My grandmother started my interest in secret doors, trying to find things she lost, and we found an old letter in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-linley/my-grandmother-started-my-interest-in-secret-doors-trying-to-find/) [David Linley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-linley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/854/david-linley-5661_find_my-grandmother-started-my-interest-in-se_1330321.jpg) > [My mother found a letter, though, that I wrote her when I was 8 years old and it was a letter where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-stewart/my-mother-found-a-letter-though-that-i-wrote-her-when-i-was-8-years/) [Kristen Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-stewart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/kristen-stewart-809_baby_my-mother-found-a-letter-though-that-i-w_2795433.jpg) > [You know you're getting old when a four-letter word for something pleasurable to do in bed is r-e-a-d.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-norden/you-know-you-re-getting-old-when-a-four-letter-word-for-something-2/) [Denis Norden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-norden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44e/denis-norden-20199_bed_you-know-you-re-getting-old-when-a-four_2977768.png) > [“Well, take e-mail for example. People don’t write to each other anymore, do they? Once my generation’s gone, the written letter will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-robinson/well-take-e-mail-for-example-people-don-t-write-to-each-other-anymore/) [Steve Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/972/steve-robinson-50813_family-history_well-take-e-mail-for-example-people-don_3022581.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-letter/#itemlist", "name": "Old Letter Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To pick up a cigarette wrapper or wine label or an old letter or the end of a carton is my way of dealing with those things that do not originate in me, in my I.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Motherwell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-motherwell/to-pick-up-a-cigarette-wrapper-or-wine-label-or-an-old-letter-or-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/robert-motherwell-11726_cigarette_to-pick-up-a-cigarette-wrapper-or-wine-l_577634.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/robert-motherwell-11726_cigarette_to-pick-up-a-cigarette-wrapper-or-wine-l_577634.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ead/robert-motherwell-11726_cigarette_to-pick-up-a-cigarette-wrapper-or-wine-l_577634.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To pick up a cigarette wrapper or wine label or an old letter or the end of a carton is my way of dealing…” — Robert Motherwell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Research material can turn up anywhere - 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