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"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
~ Mark Twain
Happy 176th Birthday to Samuel Langhorne Clemens! I know most of us are used to seeing pictures of a white-haired Twain, but I wanted to choose a younger photo, especially after coming across this quote: "Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen." Odd that a man who dreamt of a backwards life is immortalized as an octogenarian!
I was first introduced to Twain's writing when I read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in sixth grade and I really fell in love with his work after reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn when I was a junior in high school (okay, I admit, the musical Big River plays a large part in my obsession with that novel).
Do you have a favorite Mark Twain book or quote?
December 1, 2011 at 6:56 AM
I always liked A Connecticut Yankee in King's Arthur Court. Yesterday was also my daughter's birthday, she turned seven :)
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December 2, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Great choice! And how neat that your daughter share's Twain's birthday - hopefully she will grow up enjoying his work!
December 5, 2011 at 4:00 PM
I love this work and I enjoyed reading about his life. Thanks for sharing this..I hope they make his books digital.
December 12, 2011 at 1:57 PM
+JMJ+
His advice to writers--"Kill all your darlings"--is still unsurpassed.