Red letter is an English language idiom that may refer to:
- A red letter day, an important occasion, festival, or anniversary
- A red letter edition, usually of the Bible, with portions of the text written in red ink
Famous quotes containing the words red and/or letter:
“We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“I have been thinking this half hour how to begin my letter and cannot for my soul make it out. I wish to the Lord one could write a letter without any beginning for I am sure it allways puzzles me more than all the rest of it.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)