Thomas Blair

“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, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

“He begged hard, and said he couldn't play—a plausible excuse, but too thin; there wasn't a musician in the country that could.”
― Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court