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Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!
Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!
This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment
This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment
I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you. Each one a line or two: "I'm fine, baby. read more
I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you. Each one a line or two: "I'm fine, baby. How are you?" I would send them, but I know that it's just not enough. My words are cold and flat, and you deserve more than that.
Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.
Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts read more
If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don't. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing.
Letters are useful as a means of expressing the ideal self. . . . In letters we can reform without read more
Letters are useful as a means of expressing the ideal self. . . . In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires. . . .
Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls. For, thus friends absent speak.
Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls. For, thus friends absent speak.