Reads tagged with “letters”
Robert Browning on Artistic Integrity, Withstanding Criticism, and the Courage to Create Rather Than Cater
A countercultural serenade to the wellspring of the creative spirit against the tidal forces of commerce and criticism.
Anne Gilchrist’s Beautiful and Heartbreaking Love Letters to Walt Whitman
“Love & Hope are so strong in me, my soul’s high aspirations are of such tenacious, passionate intensity… that what would starve them out of any other woman only makes them strike out deeper roots, grow more resolute & sturdy, in me.”
Herman Melville’s Passionate, Beautiful, Heartbreaking Love Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Your heart beat in my ribs and mine in yours, and both in God’s… The divine magnet is in you, and my magnet responds.”
Rebecca Solnit’s Lovely Letter to Children About How Books Solace, Empower, and Transform Us
“Some books are toolkits you take up to fix things, from the most practical to the most mysterious, from your house to your heart… Some books are medicine, bitter but clarifying.”
Hermann Hesse on Hope, the Difficult Art of Taking Responsibility, and the Wisdom of the Inner Voice
“If you are now wondering where to look for consolation, where to seek a new and better God… he does not come to us from books, he lives within us… This God is in you too. He is most particularly in you, the dejected and despairing.”
Jacqueline Woodson’s Lovely Letter to Children About Kindness, Presence, and How Books Transform Us
“Why are you kissing me in the middle of the sentence?!”
Harriet Hosmer on Art and Ambition: The World’s First Successful Woman Sculptor on What It Takes to Be a Great Artist
“If one knew but one-half the difficulties an artist has to surmount… the public would be less ready to censure him for his shortcomings or slow advancement. The only remedy I know is patience with perseverance, and these are always sure, with a real honest love for art, to produce something.”
“Dracula” Author Bram Stoker’s Extraordinary Love Letter to Walt Whitman
“How sweet a thing it is for a strong healthy man with a woman’s eye and a child’s wishes to feel that he can speak to a man who can be if he wishes father, and brother and wife to his soul.”
A 100-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor on How Books Save Lives
“There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts. To read a book and surrender to a story is to keep our very humanity alive.”
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