Author: Carol Muske-Dukes
Cites
- Mark Twain (1)
- IN: Channeling Mark Twain (2007) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: The difference between the almost-right word & the right word is really a large matter -- it's the difference between the lightning-bug & the lightning.
FROM: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain, (1987), Book, US
- Joseph Brodsky (1)
- IN: Channeling Mark Twain (2007) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: There is no point in tempering your convictions this side of the prison wall, because you might find yourself behind it.... Though hope is indeed what you need least upon entering here; a lump of sugar would be more useful.
FROM: This Prison Where I Live, (1996), Book, US/Russia