I don't have words for this. The letters and notes I'm getting from around the country - the musicians in this country are shocked. They are floored by this decision. It upsets the world that we live in.

Only write to me, write to me, I love to see the hop and skip and sudden starts of your ink.

There were students from all over the world. Their professor asked them to write thank-you letters. Almost every one of them said, 'We have a story like...' When you share stories, you see the connecting points, which are gifts that connect us to each other. You learn that you don't have to be in conflict.

An average English word is four letters and a half. By hard, honest labor I've dug all the large words out of my vocabulary and shaved it down till the average is three and a half... I never write ''metropolis'' for seven cents, because I can get the same money for ''city'.' I never write ''policeman',' because I can get the same price for ''cop'.'... I never write ''valetudinarian'' at all, for not even hunger and wretchedness can humble me to the point where I will do a word like that for seven cents; I wouldn't do it for fifteen.

Who knew paper and ink could be so vicious

Public security bureaus across the country received more than 200,000 letters and visits from citizens who had grievances to air during the four months, and 180,000 of them have been dealt with.