QUOTES CXCVIII

As an example of how misleading so-called quotes can be when arbitrarily edited or taken out of context, can you guess where the following heavily edited and out-of-context passage is from?

All gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.

Answer:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - by Mark Twain 

The actual quote:

Tom appeared on the sidewalk with bucket of whitewash ....... He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit. Thirty yards of  board fence nine feet high. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden.