I do love secondhand books that open to the page some previous owner read oftenest.Helene Hanff
I might run out of characteres to say this: I'm getting real fond of reading.Helene Hanff
Why is it that people who wouldn't dream of stealing anything else think it's perfectly all right to steal books?Helene Hanff
Are you REAL? I burst out when I got the letter. What do they pay you over there, you poor bastards...?Helene Hanff
You really are a very dear person, at any rate I think so and am very grateful to you.Frank Doel
My dear! I don't expect you to be an M.A. to enjoy Johnson's London!Helene Hanff
Thank you for your letter of September 8 which arrived here safely but not so your parcel of books.Frank Doel
I just sit here on 95th Street and swoon.Helene Hanff
I don't mind a bit, it gives me something to do on the subway besides estimate the pressures per square inch of my strap-hanging hand against the crush on the downtown IRT.Helene Hanff
After years working for a moody, abusive, ill-paid boss, I'm so conditioned, if I can't be nagged and insulted during the day, it doesn't seem like I'm working at all.Helene Hanff