Chosen Quote by Terry Tempest Williams

One of the key pleasures of receiving a letter is the act of holding and entering the envelope - a sort of cross between…

— Nick Bantock

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of…

— Honore de Balzac

When you see a handwritten envelope addressed to you in your packet of mail when you get your mail out of the mailbox -…

— Martha Williamson

The act of sending a letter is an act of generosity, even if, in retrospect, it might seem reckless. Why regret one's generosity? Why…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“In the act of writing he experiences, today, an exceptional sensual pleasure -- in the feel of the pen, snug in the crook of…

— J.M. Coetzee

“I read the letter once, put it aside, and read it again; I pick up a file but am really only reading your letter;…

— Franz Kafka

“There is a charm to letters and cards that emails and smses can’t ever replicate, you cannot inhale them, drawing the fragrance of the…

— Kiran Manral

A letter is not a dialogue or even an omniscient exposition. It is a fabric of surfaces, a mask, a form as well suited…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.

— Iris Murdoch

“As the postwoman waited, she dreamed of all the things she liked….Tiny postal stamps with colourful pictures. Thick postcards with exotic fragrances. Brown envelopes…

— Priyadarshini

A handwritten letter carries a lot of risk. It's a one-sided conversation that reveals the truth of the writer. Furthermore, the writer is not…

— Adriana Trigiani

A letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection; And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper