My dear, In life there are people who make you smile when you meet them. People that make you feel nine pounds lighter just being in their presence. People who’s eyes are filled with so much fire that it unknowingly gets passed on to you. People that make you like people. …And then there are others. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Falsely yours, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills...

My dear, You can talk seriously about today’s weather, the neighbours affairs, and about, “Just how big little Jimmy’s gotten in just a few years,” but not about life. You can talk seriously about the demeanor of another, the looks of another, and the income of another, but not about life. Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about. Falsely yours, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills...

My dear, Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air, it is only what is good in man, that wastes and withers there. You’ll find no kind soul breathing prison air, for you come in cruel or you learn to be there. You’ll find no fair man breathing prison air, for you come in twisted or you learn to be there. Vile deeds like poison weeds bloom well in prison air, it is only what is good in man, that wastes and withers...

My dear, Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. The truth is never received kindly. It’s shunned, spit upon, ostracized, and hated upon more than the devil. So you’d understand why I feel I’m wrong every time people say I’m right. The only way I know for a truth to be received is with a pie in the face and a kick in the shin. Falsely yours, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills...

My dear, The thing about things worth knowing, things that make you a better person (a more confident person), is that they can’t be taught. Take two people and have them go through the same curricular activity and one of them will always be a better human being. Always. Why? Because that one person has learnt something from life. And life teaches in a way that cannot be copied. Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. How I wish...