Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

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

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.

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.

Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through the Looking Glass so uninteresting. read more

Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through the Looking Glass so uninteresting. You see I have done my best, so it isn't really my fault if you think Tweedledum and Tweedledee stupid, and wish that I had left out all about the train and the gnat.

I wrote my friend a letter using a highlighting pen. But he could not read it, he thought I was read more

I wrote my friend a letter using a highlighting pen. But he could not read it, he thought I was trying to show him certain parts of a piece of paper.

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten read more

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.