Alibis Quote by Vernon Lee

I get a lot of letters from people.

— George Osborne

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

Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own…

— Haruki Murakami

A handwritten, personal letter has become a genuine modern-day luxury, like a child's pony ride.

— Shana Alexander

Why is it that you can sometimes feel the reality of people more keenly through a letter than face to face?

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

A letter makes ordinary things seem important.

— Marilynne Robinson

People were usually much better in their letters than in reality. They were much like poets in this way.

— Charles Bukowski

“Another reason is that the letters are almost always funny, offering readers the spectacle of some pompous self-celebrator given ample ironic room in which…

— Paul Fussell

“Let’s not trust those who write in small letters, using cabalistic figures or enigmatic codes, as it frequently comes down to a manipulative strategy,…

— Erik Pevernagie

Letterwriting is the natural outlet of the "odds." The busy-bodies, the idle, the perverted, the cranks, the feel-it-my-duties ... Also the plain depraved. They…

— Josephine Tey

The mail amazes me. I sometimes get these letters that are ten pages, and handwritten, from women pouring their hearts out and, for security…

— Wentworth Miller

I used to get letters from guys in prison. Anymore now I don't even open them. They'd ask me to please sign a couple…

— Mike Royer