The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.
Mark TwainThe average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.
Mark TwainHappiness ain't a thing in itself -it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.
Mark Twainin order to make a man or boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
Mark TwainWe must put up with our clothes as they are - they have their reason for existing. They are on us to expose us - to advertise what we wear them to conceal. They are a sign; a sign of insincerity; a sign of suppressed vanity; a pretense that we desire gorgeous colors and the graces of harmony and form; and we put them on to propagate that lie and back it up.
Mark Twain