Markus

“He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though—and loathed him.”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

“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.”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

“When one writes a novel about grown people, he knows exactly where to stop - that is, with a marriage; but when he writes about juveniles, he must stop where he best can.”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer