"I have done most of my talking..." - Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I have done most of my talking by post of late years--as people shut up in dungeons take up with scrawling mottoes on the walls.
More by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you, Without a thought disloyal.”
“The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'”
“Every age, Through being beheld too close, is ill-discerned By those who have not lived past it.”
More on Communication
“If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.”
“If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' This method works every time.”
“If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.”
More on Writing
“I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very start my literary ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my failure in everyday life.”
“If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.”
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.”