I love that I can now see what others think of Twain's words. Makes me feel like I'm part of a virtual book club. Here are the top five (as of today) Tom Sawyer highlights.

He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it--namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. If he had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. - highlighted 1306 times

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. - highlighted 862 times

He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though-- and loathed him. - highlighted 561 times

THROUGH them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service-- she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. him. - highlighted 594 times

Like many other simple-hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning.  - highlighted 469 times

Reading great literature and studying books like&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Firsts-In-Fiction-First-Line-Hooks-Hints-Help-Novel-Writing-With-Excellence-Education-Reference-for-Writing-Publishing-Fiction/dp/B008PD0IHY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Firsts In Fiction: First Line Hooks, Hints & Help - Novel Writing With Excellence (Education & Reference for Writing & Publishing Fiction)</a>&nbsp;make my students better writers.
I love that I can now see what others think of Twain's words. Makes me feel like I'm part of a virtual book club. Here are the top five (as of today) Tom Sawyer highlights. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it--namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. If he had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is OBLIGED to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. - highlighted 1306 times

Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. - highlighted 862 times

He was not the Model Boy of the village. He knew the model boy very well though-- and loathed him. - highlighted 561 times

THROUGH them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service-- she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well. him. - highlighted 594 times

Like many other simple-hearted souls, it was her pet vanity to believe she was endowed with a talent for dark and mysterious diplomacy, and she loved to contemplate her most transparent devices as marvels of low cunning. - highlighted 469 times

Reading great literature and studying books like&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Firsts-In-Fiction-First-Line-Hooks-Hints-Help-Novel-Writing-With-Excellence-Education-Reference-for-Writing-Publishing-Fiction/dp/B008PD0IHY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt? ie=UTF8">Firsts In Fiction: First Line Hooks, Hints & Help - Novel Writing With Excellence (Education & Reference for Writing & Publishing Fiction)</a>&nbsp;make my students better writers.