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Quotes from Mark Twain's America — Bernard DeVoto

1897–1955 United States

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In the South, a lady’s opinions could not be more important than a drawing-room charade, an accompaniment to sillabubs and cobbler.

Mark Twain's America (1932)

The common man fled westward. A thirsty land swallowed him insatiably. There is no comprehending the frenzy of the American folk-migration. God’s gadfly had stung us mad.

Mark Twain's America (1932)

The migration was under way. ... Its great days were just around the turn of spring — and an April restlessness, a stirring in the blood, a wind from beyond the oak openings, spoke of the prairies, the great desert, and the western sea.

Mark Twain's America (1932)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bernard DeVoto (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.