Friday, December 2, 2011

Advice from Twain and a pen name

In response to news that he had died, he sent the following note to Associated Press: "The report of my death was an exaggeration." Trivia buffs: Prior to adopting Mark Twain as his pen name, Clemens wrote under the pen name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.

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"Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it."

-- Mark Twain 

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