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“He arrived, looked me over with a smiling and impudent curiosity; said he had come for me, and informed me that he was a page. "Go 'long," I said; "you ain't more than a paragraph.”

Quote by Mark Twain

Book:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Mark Twain's novel features a 19th-century American mechanic transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he applies his modern knowledge and ingenuity to medieval society. more

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Mark Twain

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

“All at once I remember Ylajali. That I could have forgotten her so completely all evening! A feint light penetrates my mind again, a tiny ray of sun, making me feel wonderfully warm. And the sunlight increases, a mild delicate silken light that brushes me in such a soothing delicious way. The sun grows stronger and stronger, scorching my temples and seething white-hot and heavy in my emaciated brain. In the end a mad fire of sunbeams blazes before my eyes, a heaven and earth set on fire, human and animals of fire, mountains of fire, devils of fire, an abyss, a desert, a whole world on fire, a raging Judgement Day. And I saw and heard no more...”

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Book:Hunger

Source: Hunger

“Learn to climb stairs and you will see why words are as important as rungs on a ladder.”

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Author:Anthony T. Hincks

“I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place. But, it isn't my fault. It still takes me a long time to get out. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in. It's a habit. My eyes are open. I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately. walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it. I walk down another street.”

Sidewalk Nelson Hole

Book:There's a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery

Source: There's a Hole in My Sidewalk: The Romance of Self-Discovery

“Americans consider the sidewalk an anonymous backstage space, whereas for the French it is the stage itself.”