"A Letter is a Joy of Earth - It is denied the Gods"
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"there are lots of ways of answering a letter - and writing doesn't happen to be mine."
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"His letter was like the shock produced by a cold bath."
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"Truth! why shall every wretch of letters Dare to speak truth against his betters! Let ragged virtue stand aloof, Nor mutter accents of reproof; Let ragged wit a mute become, When wealth and power would have her dumb."
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"His gaze wandered from the windows to the stars, as if he would have read in them something that was hidden from him. Many of us would, if we could; but none of us so much as know our letters in the stars yet - or seem likely to do it, in this state of existence - and few languages can be read until their alphabets are mastered."
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"You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation."
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"The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter."
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"You say love is just a four letter word."
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"There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time."
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"I have had a number of threatening letters each week, some telling me the actual time and method of my death, and I don't like it."
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"I never read anything concerning my work. I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not directed to him, does not have to open and read."
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"Just another four-letter word."
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"The best letters of our time are precisely those that can never be published."
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"Venerable are letters, infinitely brave, forlorn, and lost."
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"My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook."
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"Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that one is frequently called upon to sit down and write."
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"How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your desk and pick up a pen, to put your thoughts into words like this is truly marvelous."
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"The letter . . . What did your lords make of it, I wonder?” Stannis snorted. “Celtigar pronounced it admirable. If I showed him the contents of my privy, he would declare that admirable as well."
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"To acknowledge the receipt of letters is always proper, to remove doubts of their miscarriage."
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"I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read!"
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