--- title: "10 Tom-sawyer Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 10 Tom-sawyer quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Tom-sawyer sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/mark-twain-22_life_tom-sawyer-the-pirate-looked-around-upon_2003647.png" --- > [“Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him and confessed in his heart that this was the proudest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/tom-sawyer-the-pirate-looked-around-upon-the-envying-juveniles-about/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/mark-twain-22_life_tom-sawyer-the-pirate-looked-around-upon_2003647.png) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/like-it-yes-the-way-i-d-like-a-hot-stove-if-i-was-to-set-on-it-long/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/mark-twain-22_freedom_like-it-yes-the-way-i-d-like-a-hot-stove_327601.jpg) > [“What we got is NOW, Huck, and now is forever. Until it ain't. So, you can't worry over nothing except putting off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-coover/what-we-got-is-now-huck-and-now-is-forever-until-it-ain-t-so-you-can/) [Robert Coover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-coover/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/robert-coover-23200_forever_what-we-got-is-now-huck-and-now-is-forev_3148638.jpg) > [“Looking' his last' upon the scene of his former joys and his later sufferings, and wishing 'she' could see him now, abroad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/looking-his-last-upon-the-scene-of-his-former-joys-and-his-later/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/mark-twain-22_childhood_looking-his-last-upon-the-scene-of-his-f_2486852.png) > [“As usual, the fickle, unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/as-usual-the-fickle-unreasoning-world-took-muff-potter-to-its-bosom/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/mark-twain-22_about-face_as-usual-the-fickle-unreasoning-world-to_1391736.png) > [“I am drawn to Tom Sawyer Island because a tribute to Mark Twain would not be out of place in a theme…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-vowell/i-am-drawn-to-tom-sawyer-island-because-a-tribute-to-mark-twain-would/) [Sarah Vowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-vowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8db/sarah-vowell-2016_amusement-park_i-am-drawn-to-tom-sawyer-island-because_2355782.jpg) > [“Así, pues, le dije: —Ya sabes, Tom, que no sirvo ni para limpiarte los zapatos. Pero no importa: Dios todopoderoso nos ha…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/as-pues-le-dije-ya-sabes-tom-que-no-sirvo-ni-para-limpiarte-los/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/mark-twain-22_amor_as-pues-le-dije-ya-sabes-tom-que-no-sirv_1962573.png) > [“Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/diligence-and-attention-soon-gave-him-the-knack-of-it-and-he-strode/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/mark-twain-22_achievement_diligence-and-attention-soon-gave-him-th_2362712.png) > [“There on the dune, beside the table, one of the camel boys has his arm around the other, and they sit there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-sean-greer/there-on-the-dune-beside-the-table-one-of-the-camel-boys-has-his-arm/) [Andrew Sean Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-sean-greer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/andrew-sean-greer-2689_best-friend_there-on-the-dune-beside-the-table-one-o_2585405.png) > [ “Huck \[Finn\] and Tom \[Sawyer\] represent two viable models of the American Character. They exist side by side in every American and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-saunders/huck-finn-and-tom-sawyer-represent-two-viable-models-of-the-american/) [George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-saunders/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/george-saunders-317_america_huck-finn-and-tom-sawyer-represent-two-v_1377012.jpg) ## Top authors on Tom-sawyer - [Mark Twain 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tom-sawyer-2/mark-twain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tom-sawyer-2/#itemlist", "name": "Tom-sawyer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Twain" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/tom-sawyer-the-pirate-looked-around-upon-the-envying-juveniles-about/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/mark-twain-22_life_tom-sawyer-the-pirate-looked-around-upon_2003647.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/mark-twain-22_life_tom-sawyer-the-pirate-looked-around-upon_2003647.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/mark-twain-22_life_tom-sawyer-the-pirate-looked-around-upon_2003647.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tom Sawyer the Pirate looked around upon the envying juveniles about him and confessed in his heart that…” — Mark Twain", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Like it! 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The dunes are turning the same shades of adobe and aqua as the buildings of Marrakech. Two boys, arms around each other. To Less, it seems so foreign. It makes him sad. In his world, he never sees straight men doing this. Just as a gay couple cannot walk hand in hand down the streets of Marrakech, he thinks, two men, best friends, cannot walk hand in hand down the streets of Chicago. They cannot sit on a dune like these teenagers and watch a sunset in each other’s embrace. 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