610 Quotes About Letters

Contradictions, in any communication, are the first stepping stones of mistrust

I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any kind of writing - as long as the writing is good.

Af en toe levensgrote paranoia creëren verleent aan een tocht een bepaalde, aantrekkelijke dimensie, die mij soms aanzet de gekste situaties te bedenken.

Thread and cloth were ordinary – worse than ordinary; they were women’s affairs. But letters! Letters were for lords and kings. And something in me blazed fiery jealous and joyous at the thought: Why ever should they have what I did not?

We read the letters of the dead like helpless gods, but gods nonetheless, since we know the dates that follow.We know which debts will never be repaid.

The reason I'm not on the e-mail list is because I thought it'd be cooler to write letters to somebody, since I can write e-mails to anybody.

Come To Me As You’reI’ll Come To You As I’mWe Won’t Hide TruthsWe Won’t Tell LiesCome To Me, For MeI’ll Come To You, For You

What dangerous machines letters are. Perhaps it is as well that they are going out of fashion. A letter can be endlessly reread and reinterpreted, it stirs imagination and fantasy, it persists, it is red-hot evidence. It was a long time since I had received anything resembling a love letter.

I might not use capital letters. But I would definitely use an apostrophe…and probably a period. I’m a huge fan of punctuation.