Samuel Clemens et al.

When our friend Peter Beves was recently here visiting with us, we stopped by to say hello to
Samuel Clemens (in bronze). Peter had some writing advice for Mr. Clemens while I was content to bask in Sam's admiring gaze.

Actually, Samuel Clemens, or as he is better known: Mark Twain, visited Bermuda on numerous occasions, and inadvertently provided the Bermuda Tourist Bureau with its favorite quotation: "You go to heaven if you want to; I'd druther stay here."

Another of Samuel Clemens' references to Bermuda goes as follows: "I said it was like being in Heaven. The Reverand rebukingly and rather pointedly advised me to make the most of it then."

From Rambling Notes on an Idle Excursion