“Words are only painted fire, a look is the fire itself. She gave that look, and carried it away to the treasury of heaven, where all things that are divine belong.”

— Mark Twain , book A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Source: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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American author and humorist 1835–1910

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