Letter to Father
→ Sardar Kishan Singh
I am astounded to learn that you have filed a petition to defend me in the Lahore Conspiracy Case. This is something I never expected from you.
Family Letters
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Family letters capture the most fundamental human relationships – the bonds between parents and children, siblings and spouses, that transcend time and circumstance. These intimate exchanges reveal the universal experiences of love, guidance, worry, and support that define our closest relationships.
From Mozart’s playful yet profound letters to his father to Sylvia Plath’s complex correspondence with her mother, from children sharing their dreams to parents offering wisdom – these letters show us that across centuries and cultures, the language of family love remains remarkably constant. They remind us that behind every historical figure was a person who loved and was loved, who sought approval, comfort, and understanding from those closest to them.
The Joy of Living
→ Kermit Roosevelt
I want you to feel that you have in you the making of a man, and I want you to be eager to develop what is best in you.
A New Study of a Starry Sky
→ Theo van Gogh
This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big.
The Starry Night and the Cypress
→ Theo van Gogh
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. I have been working on a new painting representing a starry night.
Letter to Theo about Health and Art
→ Theo van Gogh
People matter more than things, and the more trouble I take over pictures, the more pictures in themselves leave me cold. I would far rather give up painting than see you killing yourself to make money.
Letter to Theo about Spiritual Crisis and the Miners
→ Theo van Gogh
It would not be easy to live without the Faith in Him and the old confidence in Him; without it one would lose one's courage. Those people, never see the sunshine—yet they trust themselves to God.
Letter to Theo about Theological Studies
→ Theo van Gogh
I long to write to you again, perhaps it will be a rather long time before we see each other. Polish it all the time, and polish it again—work, take pains, that is what one must do.
Letter to Cassandra about 'First Impressions'
→ Cassandra Austen
I would not let Martha read 'First Impressions' again upon any account, and am very glad that I did not leave it in your power.
Letter to Cassandra about the Ball
→ Cassandra Austen
There were twenty dances, & I danced them all, & without any fatigue. It was the same room in which we danced 15 years ago! I thought it all over, & in spite of the shame of being so much older, felt with thankfulness that I was quite as happy now as then.
Letter to Cassandra about Tom Lefroy
→ Cassandra Austen
I mean to confine myself in future to Mr. Tom Lefroy, for whom I don't care sixpence.
Of Flying Machines and Human Progress
→ Sarah Franklin Bache
A few days ago I witnessed an astonishing sight - men floating through the air in a silk bag filled with inflammable air. What use may this discovery be put to? Perhaps making lift of human bodies, so as to facilitate the carriage of burdens?
Remember the Ladies
→ John Adams
I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.