Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won't die.
Mark TwainIn Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with charm.
Mark TwainIt is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.
Mark TwainI was standing in our dining-room thinking of nothing in particular, when a cablegram was put into my hand. It said, 'Susy was peacefully released today.' It is one of the mysteries of our nature that a man, all unprepared, can receive a thunder-stroke like that and live.
Mark TwainI love to revel in philosophical matters-especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect slave to it. I am at it all the time. I have got more smoked glass than clothes. I am as familiar with the stars as the comets are. I know all the facts and figures and have all the knowledge there is concerning them. I yelp astronomy like a sun-dog, and paw the constellations like Ursa Major.
Mark Twain