मारक त्वाइन, सासे इंलिस लिरगिरि आरो रनसाय-लिरगिरि, जाय सल’ आरो बानारसनि गोथारथिजों मुहिजादोंमोना, खेबसे लिरदोंमोन : “ बानारसा जारिमिननि ख्रुइ गोजामसिन , सल’नि ख्रुइबो गोजामसिन आरो गासैखौबो ज’खालामनानै नै गुन गोजाम नुयो।
Mark Twain,the English author and littérateur, who was enthralled by the legend and sanctity of Banaras, once wrote:"Banaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together."