“a letter, by its arrival, defrauds us of a whole secret region of our existence, the only region indeed in which the true pleasure of life may be tasted, the region of imagination, creative and protean, the clouds and beautiful shapes of whose heaven are destroyed by the wind of reality.” MayWholeRealityBeautifulHeavenImaginationPleasureSecretExistenceCreativeWindShapesLettersCloudsDestroyedRegionsArrivalsPleasures Of Life Author:Vita Sackville-West
“After the pleasure of possessing books there is hardly anything more pleasant than that of speaking of them, and of communicating to the public the innocent richness of thought which we have acquired by the culture of letters.” BookCulturePleasureLettersCommunicateInnocentPleasantRichnessPossessing Author:Charles Nodier
“For a writer, mail is not just a collection of bills and letters and offers to subscribe to Sports Illustrated. It's an umbilical cord, a connection to the outside world, the giver of pleasure and pain. It shapes the day, is the moment, inexorable as the tide, toward which all the hours rise and fall.” WorldMomentsPainFallSportsHoursPleasureOffersShapesLettersConnectionsBillsCollectionsMailTidesGiverOutside WorldCordsPain And PleasureInexorableRise And FallUmbilical CordSports Illustrated Author:Mameve Medwed
“I have received your letter of the 6th, with the eloquent discourse delivered at the consecration of the Jewish Synagogue. Having ever regarded the freedom of religious opinions and worship as equally belonging to every sect, and the secure enjoyment of it as the best human provision for bringing all either into the same way of thinking, or into that mutual charity which is the only substitute, I observe with pleasure the view you give of the spirit in which your sect partake of the blessings offered by our Government and laws.” ThinkingWayGivingHumansGovernmentLawSpiritReligiousPleasureViewsOpinionAtheismBlessingWorshipLettersCharityPositive AtheismSecureEnjoymentMutualBelongingSubstitutesDiscourseWay Of ThinkingProvisionEloquentSectsSynagogueConsecration Book:1816-1828 Source: 1816-1828
“Cliche refers to words, commonplace to ideas. Cliche describes the form or the letter, commonplace the substance or spirit. To confuse them is to confuse the thought with the expression of the thought. The cliche is immediately perceivable; the commonplace very often escapes notice if decked out in original dress. There are few examples, in any literature, of new ideas expressed in original form. The most critical mind must often be content with one or the other of these pleasures, only too happy when it is not deprived of both at once, which is not too rarely the case.” IfsMindIdeasFormSpiritLiteraturePleasureCasesExampleExpressionLettersOriginalsDressesCriticalSubstanceNew IdeasDeprivedClicheCommonplaceOften Is Author:Remy de Gourmont
“The pleasure of reading biography, like that of reading letters, derives from the universal hunger to penetrate other lives.” ReadingPleasureLettersUniversalHungerBiographiesPenetratePleasure Of ReadingReading Biographies Book:Gossip Source: Gossip
“Alongside my "no email" policy, I resolve to make better use of the wonderful Royal Mail, and send letters and postcards to people. There is a huge pleasure in writing a letter, putting it in an envelope and sticking the stamp on it. And huge pleasure in receiving real letters, too.” PeopleWritingRealUsePleasureWonderfulPolicyHugeLettersResolveMailReceivingRoyalEmailStampsEnvelopesPostcards Author:Tom Hodgkinson
“In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself.” MenHeartMayPleasureDoubtPrideMy HeartDeserveLettersAwardsReverenceNobel Book:America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction Source: America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction