It takes two to write a letter as much as it takes two to make a quarrel. – Elizabeth Drew
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and mangled mind leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict. – Elizabeth Drew
The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion. – Elizabeth Drew
Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation. – Elizabeth Drew
Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose. In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires… – Elizabeth Hardwick