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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Hopes, Plans, and Dreams Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

"Tom, I wouldn't ever got into all this trouble if it hadn't 'a' ben for that money; now you just take my sheer of it along with your'n, and gimme a ten-center sometimes -- not many times, becuz I don't give a dern for a thing 'thout it's tollable hard to git -- and you go and beg off for me with the widder." (35.9)

Huck finds out that, sometimes, getting just what you had hoped for is actually the last thing you ever want.