“There’s an old writing rule that says ‘Don’t have two character names start with the same letter’, but I knew at the beginning that I was going to have more than 26 characters, so I was in trouble there. Ultimately it comes down to what sounds right. And I struggle with that, finding the right name for a character. If I can’t find the right name I don’t know who the character is and I can’t proceed.” IfsKnowsWritingI CanTwoCharacterNamesSoundStruggleTroubleFindingsLetters Author:George R. R. Martin
“There is something intrinsically wrong about letters. For one thing they are not instantaneous. ... Nor is this the only trouble about letters. They do not arrive often enough. A letter which has been passionately awaited should be immediately supplemented by another one, to counteract the feeling of flatness that comes upon us when the agonizing delights of anticipation have been replaced by the colder flood of fulfilment.” ShouldHas BeensEnoughFeelingsTroubleOne ThingLettersDelightAnticipationFloodReplacedFulfilmentInstantaneousAgonizingFlatness Author:Vita Sackville-West
“It must be a source of great chagrin to those in charge to think of so many people being able to stick a stamp on a letter and drop it in a mail box without any trouble or suffering at all. They are probably working on a system this very minute, trying to devise some way in which the public can be made to fill out a blank, stand in line, consult some underling who will refer him to a superior, and then be made to black up with burned cork before they can mail a letter.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingMadeAbleSufferingBlackLinesTroubleModernMinutesSourceLettersSticksBoxesSuperiorsMailBurnedBlankStampsModern LifeCorkChagrin Author:Robert Benchley
“Let your letter be written as accurately as you are able,--I mean with regard to language, grammar, and stops; for as to the matter of it the less trouble you give yourself the better it will be. Letters should be easy and natural, and convey to the persons to whom we send them just what we should say to the persons if we were with them.” IfsGivingShouldMeanPersonsMatterAbleLanguageEasyNaturalWrittenTroubleLettersRegardGrammar Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Petty vexations may at times be petty, but still they are vexations. The smallest and most inconsiderable annoyances are the most piercing. As small letters weary the eye most, so the smallest affairs disturb us most.” MayStillsEyeTroubleLettersAffairSmallestWearyPettyAnnoyancePiercingsVexation Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers generally think of ourselves as very bright. My own private theory is that stammerers have so many ideas swirling around their brains at once that they can't get them all out, though I haven't found any scientific evidence to back that up.” ThinkingIdeasDifferentFoundMy OwnBrainTroubleHavensTheoryEvidenceLettersSentencesStutteringScientific EvidenceStammering Author:Bob Newhart
“I was trouble - and always in trouble. Aged eight I still couldn't read. In fact, I was dyslexic and short-sighted. Despite sitting at the front of the class, I couldn't read the blackboard. Only after a couple of terms did anyone think to have my eyes tested. Even when I could see, the letters and numbers made no sense at all.” ThinkingMadeStillsFactsEyeTermNumbersClassTroubleFrontsCoupleSittingLettersEightDespiteTestedDyslexicShort SightedBlackboard Book:Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography Source: Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography
“Reading their letters and the First Amendment of the US Constitution, I infer that this nation's founders noted that religions have been at the center of great deal of trouble, so they precluded the US government from getting involved in religion, i.e. "... shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." Over the centuries, various religions have laid claim to various morals; consider the difficulties outsiders are having today in the Middle East, for example.” FirstsHas BeensGovernmentTodayLawReadingNationsDealsMoralTroubleMiddleCenturyExampleInvolvedExerciseLettersConstitutionClaimsDifficultyVariousEastEstablishmentMiddle EastAmendmentsOutsidersFoundersFirst AmendmentUs Constitution Author:Bill Nye