# Quote — Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

> Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips. There was cheer in every face and a spring in every step. The locust-trees were in bloom and the fragrance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegetation and it lay just far enough away to seem a Delectable Land, dreamy, reposeful, and inviting.

- Author: [Mark Twain](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain.md)
- Book: [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer.md)
- Page: 26
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- Topics: [nature](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/nature.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/saturday-morning-was

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> Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.

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Topics: [change](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/change.md)

> Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and...Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.

p. 32 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/work-consists-of-whatever.md)

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> “What’s your name?”
>
> “Becky Thatcher. What’s yours? Oh, I know. It’s Thomas Sawyer.”
>
> “That’s the name they lick me by. I’m Tom when I’m good.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mark-twain/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer/whats-your-name.md)