Letter Writing

Famous quotes containing the words letter writing, letter and/or writing:

    “[I]n our country economy, letter writing is an hors d’oeuvre. It is no part of the regular routine of the day.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “With the nippers to wheel round the houses
    And the hall to paint in his old trousers
    And that letter to her mother
    Saying Won’t you come for the summer.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.”
    —Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)