“Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young, the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom, and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above, it was green with vegetation, and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting.”
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though—and loathed him.”
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“I am the gatekeeper of my own destiny and I will have my glory days in the hot sun”
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“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!”
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“Who knows, he may grow up to be President someday, unless they hang him first!"
Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer”
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Aunt Polly about Tom Sawyer”
― The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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