Affection Quote by Martin Farquhar Tupper

A letter is never ill-timed; it never interrupts. Instead it waits for us to find the opportune minute, the quiet moment to savor the…

— Lois Wyse

A letter is paradoxically the most revealing and the most deceptive of confessional revelations. We all have our inconsistencies, prejudices, irrationalities which, although strongly…

— P. D. James

There is something intrinsically wrong about letters. For one thing they are not instantaneous. ... Nor is this the only trouble about letters. They…

— Vita Sackville-West

Letters remind us that when we write we can bring back the best of times, even make time stand still, if only for a…

— Lois Wyse

“Letter writing is a habit that allows us to explore new trails all our lives. Each day is a fresh new adventure when we…

— Alexandra Stoddard

A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance.

— Iris Murdoch

Writing should ... be as spontaneous and urgent as a letter to a lover, or a message to a friend who has just lost…

— Pico Iyer

... letters freeze time for us, eternalizing shared experiences so we can go back and draw strength from them. Letters are like deposits in…

— Lois Wyse

Letter-writing on the part of a busy man or woman is the quintessence of generosity.

— Agnes Repplier

I'll write to you. A super-long letter, like in an old-fashioned novel

— Haruki Murakami

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

— Thornton Wilder

I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.

— Sandra Bullock