Letter Writing

Famous quotes containing the words letter and/or writing:

“...that he may learn that there is a prophet in Israel.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 5:8.

Elijah to the king of Israel who has received a letter from the king of Syria looking for someone to cure his commander of leprosy.

“The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixity, should stop writing immediately: the time has come for him to lay aside his pen.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)