“Así, pues, le dije: —Ya sabes, Tom, que no sirvo ni para limpiarte los zapatos. Pero no importa: Dios todopoderoso nos ha… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Titian and Rembrandt, Monet and Rodin, Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier, Mark Twain and Henry James, Robert Frost and Elizabeth Bishop,… — David Galenson Copy Share Image
“Do you realize that all great literature — "Moby Dick," "Huckleberry Finn," "A Farewell to Arms," "The Scarlet Letter," "The Red Badge… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I lived somewhat of a nomadic life, even when I lived in Ohio. We spent time in rural areas, in suburban areas,… — Haley Bennett Copy Share Image
In the end, censoring a comedian's jokes is on par with censoring 'Huckleberry Finn.' Now, I'm not comparing myself to Mark Twain… — Lisa Lampanelli Copy Share Image
“Like it! Yes—the way I'd like a hot stove if I was to set on it long enough. No, Tom, I won't… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Unlike television, reading does not swallow the senses or dictate thought. Reading stimulates the ecology of the imagination. Can you remember the… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“I hold Huckleberry Finn real tight against my chest and start across the yard. Now we can leave this place behind anytime… — Lisa Wingate Copy Share Image
“First they done a lecture on temperance; but they didn't make enough for them both to get drunk on. Then in another… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“He thought of his own by-now legendary novel, American Disillusionment, that cyclone which, for years, had woven its erratic path across the… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Mark Twain published Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at age forty-nine using a “trial-and-error method,” scholars note, and “discovered his pliable plot as… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
“And I realize I've been betrayed by the two vices that fiction promised me I'd adore. Sal Paradise held up bottles of… — Craig Silvey Copy Share Image
“I told them this novel was an American classic, in many ways the quintessential American novel. There were other contenders: The Adventures… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
