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Letter Quotes (page 15)

Less abject but more shocking was the letter from the Founder of the Calvary Tabernacle Association in Oklahoma: Professor Einstein, I believe that every Christian in America will answer you, 'We will not give up our belief in our God and his son Jesus Christ, but we invite you, if you do not believe in the God of the people of this nation, to go back where you came from.' I have done everything in my power to be a blessing to Israel, and then you come along and with one statement from your... Richard Dawkins
The most fascinating thing to me about your letter is that buried beneath all the anxiety and sorrow and fear and self-loathing, there’s arrogance at its core. It presumes you should be successful at twenty-six, when really it takes most writers much longer to get there. Cheryl Strayed
I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two. Sue Grafton
I'll drink some wine, and then, like a latter-day Van Winkle, I'll lay me down upon this graven stone, lay my head beneath these letters RIP, and close my eyes, according to our family's old practice of falling asleep in times of trouble, and hope to awaken, renewed and joyful, into a better time. Salman Rushdie
Charles Bukowski quote: "I get 75 letters a month. If i answered them that's all I..."
I get 75 letters a month. If i answered them that's all I would ever do. Charles Bukowski
Henry Miller quote: "The trouble with Irene is that she has a valise instead of a..."
The trouble with Irene is that she has a valise instead of a cunt. She wantsfat letters to shove in her valise. Henry Miller
Stephen King quote: "We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home..."
We either learn to accept or we end up writing letters home with crayons. Stephen King
It was here one brilliant November midnight that Edward wrote a formal letter to Violet and Geoffrey Ponting declaring his ambition to marry their daughter, and did not quite ask their permission so much as confidently expected their approval. Ian Mcewan
Edward Abbey quote: "But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing..."
But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books. Edward Abbey
Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was “a way out of loneliness.” (NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.) Jonathan Franzen
It is the history of our kindnesses that alone make this world tolerable. If it were not for that, for the effect of kind words, kind looks, kind letters . . . I should be inclined to think our life a practical jest in the worst possible spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson
Edmond Rostand quote: "And if kisses in these words could travel too, Madam, you'd..."
And if kisses in these words could travel too, Madam, you'd read this letter with your lips. Edmond Rostand
Gene Wolfe quote: "We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in..."
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last. Gene Wolfe
The appeal of reading, she thought, lay in its indifference: there was something undeferring about literature. Books did not care who was reading them or whether one read them or not. All readers were equal, herself included. Literature, she thought, is a commonwealth; letters a republic. Alan Bennett
The letter . . . What did your lords make of it, I wonder?” Stannis snorted. “Celtigar pronounced it admirable. If I showed him the contents of my privy, he would declare that admirable as well. George R. R. Martin

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