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“I came at last to a recognition of myself as, in part , a Tom Sawyer who wanted everything done according to the rules…

— Robertson Davies

Do you reckon Tom Sawyer was satisfied after all them adventures?

— Mark Twain

Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something…

— John Grisham

“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…

— Mark Twain

“One poor chap, who had no other grandeur to offer, said with tolerably manifest pride in the remembrance: 'Well, Tom Sawyer he licked me…

— Mark Twain

“Like Tom Sawyer whitewashing the fence, authors trick readers into doing most of the imaginative work.”

— Jonathan Gottschall

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

— George Saunders

“Sometimes it feels like my entire relationship with Sawyer has been one long apology.”

— Katie Cotugno

Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!" Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer

— Anonymous

The Great Gatsby' [...] was my 'Tom Sawyer' when I was twelve […]

— Anonymous

I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes.

— Bob Seger

But nothing has replaced the writer. He or she is still stuck with the same old job of saying something that other people will…

— Anonymous