Glimpsing into the innermost thoughts of Writers

The letters from writers are especially interesting, as they give us a glimpse into their innermost thoughts and feelings in a way their professional work might not. - Jason Diamond

Diamond brings up an important point here. As readers of this blog know I am a great fan of the writings of Virginia Woolf. Her writings, were for the time new, exciting and wide reaching in their subject matter. Her letters shed light on why she wrote as she did and exposes how she was feeling, and what was happening in her life, while the book in question was being written. This insight, which we don't normally see for most books we read, gives us more than a glimpse into the way that Virginia Woolf's mind worked.

For this reason I love to read collections of literary letters. I am currently plowing my way through Volume 1 of the Letters of Robert Frost.

Happy Reading

DK

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Learning is for Life

More is experienced in one day in the life of a learned man than in the whole lifetime of an ignorant man.

--Seneca

A learned person draws on a storehouse of knowledge both old and new. A learned person is one who has an education within and between fields of endeavour. Everything you learn is a facet of the whole and contributes to a balanced view of the universe.

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Another Hesketh Pearson Quote

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

Hesketh Pearson

I have been having some discussion today with Paul Pindris about another quote of Pearsons which I covered in this blog titled Book Quote: 25 May 2009.