The romantic Mr Carlin

It was in June of 1998 that legendary comedian George Carlin married Sally Wade; tragically, just two days before their tenth anniversary, he passed away. Below: one of countless love notes he wrote to his wife during their time together, some of which feature in her memoir, The George Carlin Letters: The Permanent Courtship of Sally Wade.

Transcript follows. A visit to Sally Wade's author page on Facebook is highly recommended.

Image: The George Carlin Letters

Transcript

SALLYBURGER,

If you took THE NUMBER OF SUB-ATOMIC PARTICLES IN THE UNIVERSE and multiplied that number times itself THAT MANY TIMES; and then added the total number of MICRO-SECONDS since the beginning of time, times itself; and then added 803—you would STILL have only the tiniest fraction of A BILLION-BILLIONTH PER CENT of the amount of love I HAVE FOR YOU.

Love,

your candle partner,
the romantic Mr Carlin,
your eternal flame.