Her Letter, His Answer & Her Last Letter
Her Letter, His Answer & Her Last Letter is a collection of poetry by Bret Harte, written in the late 19th century. The work features a series of letters exchanged between a young woman and a man named Joseph, exploring themes of love, social status, and nostalgia in the American West. Through their correspondence, the characters reflect on their changing fortunes and the emotional complexities of their relationship, ultimately revealing the impact of wealth and communication on personal connections.
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“Art, art of any kind, shows that folks are trying.””
— Bret Harte
“I still believe in love. I always will. It's my blessing and my burden.””
— Bret Harte
“Love is a powerful painkiller.””
— Bret Harte
“Frustration comes from fighting your own momentum.””
— Bret Harte
“The most beautiful faces have some ugly in them.””
— Bret Harte
“She's everything I wanted when I was young and everything I distrust now that I'm not.””
— Bret Harte
“Thoughts are thoughts and that's all they are.””
— Bret Harte
“I understood that no one lives forever, but there are certain people whose power and presence so thoroughly penetrate your view of things that contemplating their absence feels as strange as imagining having never been born yourself.””
— Bret Harte
“His thoughts were clearly still shoving him further away, toward some ultimate dark drama that he might or might not have actually lived through but whose telling would let out the pressure inside his skull.””
— Bret Harte
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