“ Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. ”
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889). copy citation
| Author | Mark Twain |
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| Source | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| Topic | words fire |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/86/86-h/86-h.htm |
Context
“It has no home, it has no father, no friend, no mother—”
“It has them all!” said that good priest. "All these will I be to it till I die.”
You should have seen her face then! Gratitude? Lord, what do you want with words to express that? Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself. She gave that look, and carried it away to the treasury of heaven, where all things that are divine belong.
CHAPTER XXXVI
AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK
London—to a slave—was a sufficiently interesting place.”
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