Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar, Ch. LIX
Following the Equator (1897)
“Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us.”
— Stephen King, book 'Salem's Lot
Source: 'Salem's Lot
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