“I think Miss Moore was right to cut "The Steeple-Jack" - the poem seems plainer and clearer in its shortened state but she has cut too much... The reader may feel like saying, "Let her do as she pleases with the poem; it's hers, isn't it?" No; it's much too good a poem for that, it long ago became everybody's, and we can protest just as we could if Donatello cut off David's left leg.” IfsThinkingFeelsMayLongStatesSeemsLeftToo MuchCuttingMissingReaderPleaseLegsProtestLong AgoSteeplesDonatello Author:Randall Jarrell
“I have often wondered how they manage to get return envelopes which miss, by one-quarter of an inch, fitting the blank you are supposed to return. They say, "Please fill out and return the enclosed envelope," and the enclosed envelope is always one-quarter of an inch too small.” MissingReturnPleaseManageQuartersInchesBlankFittingEnvelopes Author:Robert Benchley
“You have a wonderful opportunity here to not care about something that doesn’t matter to you. Please don’t miss out on it.” MatterCareOpportunityWonderfulMissingPlease Author:Mallory Ortberg
“[John Adams] letters courting Abigail Smith are especially priceless. In one of 1764 he addresses her as "Miss Adorable" and says that "By the same Token that the Bearer hereof satt up with you last night I hereby order you to give him, as many Kisses, and as many Hours of your Company after 9 O'Clock as he shall please to Demand and charge them to my Account."” GivingLastsNightOrderHoursCompanyMissingPleaseDemandKissingLettersAccountsClockAddressesLast NightPricelessAdorableTokensAbigail Author:Gordon S. Wood