The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Quotes

“Huckleberry came and went, at his own free will. He slept on doorsteps in fine weather and in empty hogsheads in wet; he did not have to go to school or to church, or call any being master or obey anybody; he could go fishing or swimming when and...”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:lifefreedom

“Ah, if he could only die temporarily!”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:death

“They said they would rather be outlaws a year in Sherwood Forest than President of the United States forever.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:freedomlawresponsibility

“But the elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:heartyouth

“Tom counted the pages of the sermon; after church he always knew how many pages there had been, but he seldom knew anything else about the discourse.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:religionlistening

“It must be very peaceful, he thought, to lie and slumber and dream forever and ever, with the wind whispering through the trees and caressing the grass and the flowers over the grave, and nothing to bother and grieve about, ever any more.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:naturepeacedream

“Presently a vagrant poodle dog came idling along, sad at heart, lazy with the summer softness and the quiet, weary of captivity, sighing for change.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:change

“Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed...”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:work

“Tom's whole being applauded this idea. It was deep, and dark, and awful; the hour, the circumstances, the surroundings, were in keeping with it.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:darkness

“But old fools is the biggest fools there is.”

― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

topic:age