We are the generation that came of age in an ageless society.

A letter is never ill-timed; it never interrupts. Instead it waits for us to find the opportune minute, the quiet moment to savor the message. There is an element of timelessness about letter writing.

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.

Letters remind us that when we write we can bring back the best of times, even make time stand still, if only for a few minutes.

Age becomes reality when you hear someone refer to that attractive young woman standing next to the woman in the green dress, and you find that you're the one in the green dress.

Fear is born in uncertainty and nourished by pessimism.