Books Quote by Jane Austen

“Henceforth letter-writing had to take the place of all the affection that could not be lived.”

— Thornton Wilder

“We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last destroy them out of discretion, and so disappears the most beautiful, the…

— Anonymous

“I have just received your letter, and shall devote this whole morning to answering it, as I foresee that a little writing will not…

— Jane Austen

“welcome antidote to the speed of modern life. By their very nature, letters allow for more consideration of the words and thoughts that someone…

— Elizabeth Berg

“Letters were safe. They were words, easy to read if enjoyable and stop reading if hurtful.”

— Kasie West

“Letters are, of course, quite special in my view, for when a reader has been sufficiently moved (or even perturbed) by a book to…

— Chinua Achebe

“It's not the letter she imagined she would write, but once you start, all the other letters you've ever written in your life have…

— Susan Elderkin

“It is rather frightening to be able to write so revoltingly, yet so successfully. All these letters are works of art, except, perhaps, the…

— Stella Gibbons

“As you no doubt gathered, I do not devote the care to word selection and organization in my letters that I do in my…

— Janet Malcolm

“When I wrote to him, I wanted my letters to be sprightly, trivial, indifferent. In spite of myself, I imbued them with my love.…

— Jean Genet

“An inspired letter can be as riveting as a stare. It can move us to tears, spur us to action, provoke us, uplift us,…

— Alexandra Stoddard

“I’m sure there are people who are content to run errands and report for work on time and wait, with an enlivening eagerness, for…

— Michael Cunningham