The-wars Quote by Timothy Findley

“Peasants seldom write letters, and for my father the arrival of a letter was an important ceremony that entailed quite a ritual: the glass…

— Maurice Mességué

“Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening…

— Mitch Albom

The words of fire that from his pen Were flung upon the fervid page, Still move, still shake the hearts of men, Amid a…

— William Cullen Bryant

“But what were even gold and silver, precious stones and clockwork, to the bookshops, whence a pleasant smell of paper freshly pressed came issuing…

— Charles Dickens

“My mother, who would always buy her books new, hated it the vintage hardcovers with their cracked spines and threadbare cloth covers. True you…

— Jodi Picoult

“There was nothing like the smell of books, particularly old books—that magical combination of oaky aged paper, the rich robustness of leather, the silkiness…

— H.Y. Hanna

“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 be consigned…

— Steve Robinson

“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

And here I am, instead of there. I'm sitting in this library, thousands of miles from my life, writing another letter I know I…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“My first letter to Rolian had opened a floodgate, however, and the Roulaini king had begun writing me other letters, rather admiring ones. Marta…

— Jessica Day George

“Letters rarely got written in that mine. Work stopped and the whole clan had sat around in respectful silence as his pen scrittered across…

— Terry Pratchett

“Inrealized how valuable the art and practice of writing letters are, and how important it is to remind people of what a treasure letters--handwritten…

— Nancy Reagan