Inspirational Quotes on Letters

“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." ( , 1657)”

― Blaise Pascal ,

from The Provincial Letters

topics: brevity , conciseness , correspondence , humor , letters , pithy , wit , writing

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“More than kisses, letters mingle souls.”

― John Donne

topics: letters

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“She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent and affectionate as ever, and our Attachment as firm and sincere as when it first commenced.”

― G.K. Chesterton

topics: friendship , jane-austen , letters , love-and-friendship , loyalty , pen-pals , polite , satire , sincerity

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“Don’t you simply love going to bed. To curl up warmly in a nice warm bed, in the lovely darkness. That is so restful and then gradually drift away into sleep…”

― C.S. Lewis ,

from Letters of C. S. Lewis

topics: bed , darkness , letters , relaxation , rest , sleep

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“During these three months I have gone through much; I mean, I have gone through much in myself; and now there are the things I am going to see and go through. There will be much to be written.”

― Fyodor Dostoevsky ,

from Dostoevsky: Letters And Reminiscences

topics: letters , memoir

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