Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.

Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.

Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls. For, thus friends absent speak.

Sir, more than kisses, letters mingle souls. For, thus friends absent speak.

Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through the Looking Glass so uninteresting. read more

Thanks for your nice little note, though I am sorry to hear you find Through the Looking Glass so uninteresting. You see I have done my best, so it isn't really my fault if you think Tweedledum and Tweedledee stupid, and wish that I had left out all about the train and the gnat.

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

I wrote a letter to my dad, I was going to write 'I really enjoyed being here', but I accidentally read more

I wrote a letter to my dad, I was going to write 'I really enjoyed being here', but I accidentally wrote 'rarely' instead of 'really'. But I wanted to use it, I didn't want to cross it out, so I wrote 'I rarely drive steamboats, Dad. There's a lot of sh*t you don't know about me. Quit trying to act like I'm a steamboat operator.' I know this letter took a harsh turn right away.

There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters read more

There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters can be published.

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten read more

When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.

Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.