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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer quotes

Mark Twain

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“Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“They did not know that the quicker a fresh-water fish is on the fire after he is caught the better he is; and they reflected little upon what a sauce open-air sleeping, open-air exercise, bathing, and a large ingredient of hunger make, too.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Presently a vagrant poodle dog came idling along, sad at heart, lazy with the summer softness and the quiet, weary of captivity, sighing for change.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Tom got more cuffs and kisses that day—according to Aunt Polly's varying moods—than he had earned before in a year; and he hardly knew which expressed the most gratefulness to God and affection for himself.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was deep, and dark, and awful; the hour, the circumstances, the surroundings, were in keeping with it.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Huckleberry came and went, at his own free will. He slept on doorsteps in fine weather and in empty hogsheads in wet; he did not have to go to school or to church, or call any being master or obey anybody; he could go fishing or swimming when and...” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him and confessed in his heart that this was the proudest moment of his life.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“But old fools is the biggest fools there is.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“As usual, the fickle, unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him before. But that sort of conduct is to the world's credit; therefore it is not well to find fault with it.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed...” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Tom's army won a great victory, after a long and hard-fought battle. Then the dead were counted, prisoners exchanged, the terms of the next disagreement agreed upon, and the day for the necessary battle appointed; after which the armies fell into...” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Like many other simple-hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning. ” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Tom counted the pages of the sermon; after church he always knew how many pages there had been, but he seldom knew anything else about the discourse.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“The poor morsel of food only whetted desire.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“It must be very peaceful, he thought, to lie and slumber and dream forever and ever, with the wind whispering through the trees and caressing the grass and the flowers over the grave, and nothing to bother and grieve about, ever any more.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Presently it occurred to him that he wished he was sick; then he could stay home from school.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Tom partly uncovered a dismal caricature of a house with two gable ends to it and a corkscrew of smoke issuing from the chimney.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“And when the middle of the afternoon came, from being a poor poverty-stricken boy in the morning, Tom was literally rolling in wealth.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“The choir always tittered and whispered all through service. There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was, now. It was a great many years ago, and I can scarcely remember anything about it, but I think it...” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Monday morning found Tom Sawyer miserable. Monday morning always found him so—because it began another week's slow suffering in school. He generally began that day with wishing he had had no intervening holiday, it made the going into captivity...” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Tom winced, and dropped his eyes. Aunt Polly raised him by the usual handle—his ear—and cracked his head soundly with her thimble.” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“A robber is more high-toned than what a pirate is—as a general thing. In most countries they're awful high up in the nobility—dukes and such. ” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“When one writes a novel about grown people, he knows exactly where to stop—that is, with a marriage; but when he writes of juveniles, he must stop where he best can. ” Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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