I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily.

Quote by Laurence Housman

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My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote...

My brother used to say that I wrote faster than he could read. He wrote...

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth;...

I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth;...

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul...

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul...

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of...

On that other novels followed: but I still wrote fairy tales and dreamy poems of...

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as...

My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as...

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on...

The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on...

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police...

Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police...

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a...

For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a...

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get...

My failure, during the first five or six years of my art training, to get...

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to...

If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to...

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the...

It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the...

But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a...

But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a...

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old.

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I...

Suicide is possible, but not probable; hanging, I trust, is even more unlikely; for I...

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When...

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When...

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get...

I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get...

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many...

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many...

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for...

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for...

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I...

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I...