You say it well for me and many, Richard. Thanks for writing. Terry Oggel On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 1:54 PM, richard bernal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Being new here, I don't do this > very often, I can say I feel at home listening to all the Twain thoughts > posted here... it's hard to explain to anyone how much this fellow 's words > have meant to me, but I believe they wouldn't be lost here...I post this > because I found a quote by him that I sadly enjoy.... " I have been reading > the morning paper. I do it every morning-well knowing that I shall find in > it the usual depravities & basenesses & hypocrisies & cruelties that make > civilization, & cause me to put in the rest of the day pleading for the > damnation of the human race. I cannot seem to get my prays answered. Yet I > do not despair." Mark Twain, letter to his friend Howells. > No other writer has made me laugh like Twain does, but he can make me want > to cry too...more than glad this forum is here..... > Sent from my iPhone >