Home / Quotes / Quote by Mark Twain

Quote by Mark Twain

“Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself.”

Quote by Mark Twain

Book:The Bible According to Mark Twain

Work

The Bible According to Mark Twain

This book is a humorous and critical reinterpretation of biblical narratives, offering Twain's unique commentary on the texts. more

Author

Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was a renowned American author and humorist in the 19th century. His works are characterized by humor, satire, and profound social insight, with notable novels such as 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. more

You May Also Like

“A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.”

Author:Nelson DeMille

“I loved the way the burned-out flashcubes of the Kodak Instamatic marked a moment that had passed, one that would now be gone forever except for a picture.”

Way Moments Gone Forever Burned Burned Out Kodak

Author:Alice Sebold

“No one on the street thought anything of the downtown girl dressed in black who had paused in the middle of midtown foot traffic. In her art student camouflage she could walk the entire length of Manhattan and, if not blend in, be classified and therefore ignored.”

Ifs Art Girl Black Walks Feet Streets Middle Students Length Traffic Ignored Manhattan Downtown Camouflage Art Students

Book:The Lovely Bones

Source: The Lovely Bones

“Like a medical procedure,' Ruth said. 'Intricate surgery is needed to patch up the planet.”

Said Planets Needed Medical Surgery Procedures Patches Intricate Ruth Medical Procedures Patch Up

Author:Alice Sebold

“Hey!" Caleb snapped as he realized Nick was about to lock him on the outside with their attackers. He pushed the door open and glared at him. "No man left behind." Nick scoffed. "This aint' the army, boy. It's every man for himself. Fall behind. Get eaten”

Men Fall Left Behinds Boys Doors Army Every Man Hey Locks Left Behind Caleb Every Man For Himself

Book:Infinity: Chronicles of Nick

Source: Infinity: Chronicles of Nick

“There is a solitude, which each and every one of us has always carried with him, more inaccessible than the ice-cold mountains, more profound than the midnight sea; the solitude of self. Our inner being, which we call ourself, no eye nor touch of man or angel has ever pierced.”

Men Self Eye Sea Cold Solitude Mountain Angel Profound Ice Midnight Inaccessible Cold Mountain

Book:The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: When clowns make laws for queens, 1880-1887

Source: The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: When clowns make laws for queens, 1880-1887

“But I have learned that you can't just create your own timetable and will it to come true.”

I Have Learned Timetables

Book:Borrowed & Blue: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Source: Borrowed & Blue: Something Borrowed, Something Blue

“Fred, you next," the plump woman said. "I'm not Fred, I'm George," said the boy. "Honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother? Can't you tell I'm George?" "Sorry, George, dear." "Only joking, I am Fred," said the boy and off he went.”

Said Mother Next Boys Sorry Dear Honestly And Off Funny Harry Potter

Author:J. K. Rowling

“You taste so good. I could kiss you forever. (Adron) You’re not so bad yourself in a lethal, I’ll-kill-you-if-you-look-at-me-wrong kind of way. (Livia)”

Ifs Way Looks Kind Forever Taste Kissing Look At Me

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon

“I’m Adron’s baby sister. Dad just told me about the marriage, and I had to come meet you and make sure Dad hadn’t snapped a wheel and started hallucinating or something. (Zarina)”

Baby Dad Wheels Baby Sister

Book:In Other Worlds

Source: In Other Worlds