Tom-sawyer Quotes

“What we got is NOW, Huck, and now is forever. Until it ain't. So, you can't worry over nothing except putting off…

— Robert Coover

“Looking' his last' upon the scene of his former joys and his later sufferings, and wishing 'she' could see him now, abroad…

— Mark Twain

“As usual, the fickle, unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him…

— Mark Twain

“Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him and confessed in his heart that this was the proudest…

— Mark Twain

“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

“Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony…

— Mark Twain

“Así, pues, le dije: —Ya sabes, Tom, que no sirvo ni para limpiarte los zapatos. Pero no importa: Dios todopoderoso nos ha…

— Mark Twain

“I am drawn to Tom Sawyer Island because a tribute to Mark Twain would not be out of place in a theme…

— Sarah Vowell

“There on the dune, beside the table, one of the camel boys has his arm around the other, and they sit there…

— Andrew Sean Greer

“Huck [Finn] and Tom [Sawyer] represent two viable models of the American Character. They exist side by side in every American and…

— George Saunders