Jane Austen Quotes

The post-office is a wonderful establishment! The regularity and dispatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!

There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains.

One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the mail, I feel it is better to receive than to give.

I'm lucky if I write a letter.

I mean, if you think about - if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It's the Post Office that's always having problems.

I was a pen pal with one guy, a long time ago. I think we only wrote to each other twice. We didn't really keep it up that long. But, I love it. I think it's really sweet and very creative and freeing, when you get to put a pen to paper, 'cause you don't really do it that much these days, with all this technology.

For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.

It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence.

I spend almost every morning with mail.

I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.

Alongside my 'no email' policy, I resolve to make better use of the wonderful Royal Mail, and send letters and postcards to people. There is a huge pleasure in writing a letter, putting it in an envelope and sticking the stamp on it. And huge pleasure in receiving real letters, too.

When I was a kid, the high point of the day was to go to the mailbox and see if any mail came for me, and I'm still stuck in that mode.

Letters are expectation packaged in an envelope.

I think jamming is the way we begin to communicate. In the old days, people actually wrote notes on paper and sent them to each other. I guess that's how they jammed.

Other writers tell me about these bushel baskets delivered at the front door. If I've gotten 50 letters over the last 18 years, I'd be surprised.

Getting snail mail is one of my favorite indulgences, and I think receiving mail is actually a common joy.

The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved.

The ghastly thing about postal strikes is that after they are over, the service returns to normal.

The United States Postal Service is the world's most efficient postal system.

The Postal Service is huge - employing more than a half million people - and its history is long and complicated.

I get about three letters a day from all over the world.

I just happen to be from the generation that, like a lot of my older friends, started out writing letters.

We can assume that for every 100 people who wanted to say something to their favorite performer, maybe only ten actually got out the stationery. And of those ten, maybe only four get the letter to the mailbox. So, out of all those fans, maybe only four percent are actually sending you anything. And maybe you have read it. Or not.