Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to…

Ernest Hemingway
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Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (1981). Selected Letters, 1917-1961
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Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something. ✨ Ernest Hemingway (1981). Selected Letters, 1917-1961

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