Famous quotes containing the words mark twain, portrayed, mark and/or twain:
“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Although the primitive in art may be both interesting and impressive, as portrayed in American fiction it is conspicuous for dullness alone. Drab persons living drab lives, observed by drab minds and reported in drab writing ...”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)
“...and the angels waited on him.”
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 1:13.
Of Jesus during the temptation.
“Huck waited for no particulars. He sprang away and sped down the hill as fast as his legs could carry him.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)