Now everybody who knows anything at all knows perfectly well that even a business letter does not deserve the paper on which it is written unless it contains at least one significant phrase that is worth waking up in the night to remember and think about.

Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
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“Now everybody who knows anything at all knows perfectly well that even a business letter does not deserve the paper on which it is written unless it contains at least one significant phrase that is worth waking up in the night to remember and think about.” This quote is spoken by Robert Louis Stevenson in response to someone who was annoyed that he had asked to borrow Stevenson’s copy of Treasure Island. The quote could be directed to anyone who complains about their writing, because they are missing out on one of life’s most important lessons.

Source: Molly Makebelieve

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