“We are pleasantly reminded…”
Customer service, now an online staple, was once a person-to-person affair.
“You cannot see?”
The deepest of feelings between lovers can sometimes remain hidden until it's too late.
“Ah, notoriety!…”
Curzio Malaparte had no trouble crowing aloud to a fellow writer.
“A correct understanding…”
J.P. Morgan, Jr. was an early example of a media-savvy American banker.
“Mass media upset the rhythm”
Eugenio Montale was hard to get to, and then worried about coming out 'a winner.'
“No divorce; no adultery…”
When Enzo Ferrari made a request, it was really an order, something media ignored.
Queen, please help
When an eight-year-old writes to the lady in charge of England, he has a plan.
“Probably over the mark”/”Make up yr. mind”
Thanks to a ruthless intermediary, a fragmented Eliot poem became a masterpiece.
“Shoot the Works”
Teddy White to a fellow journalist: "How's this for an idea..."
“His Holiness Reciprocates”
When Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I, wrote to a journalist.
“Sense and charity…”
In 1941, Thomas Merton surprisingly praised Time Magazine, and James Joyce.
“I am so much a target”
Abe Rosenthal in 1988: "The lie as an everyday weapon..."