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Letter "N" » Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
«There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October»
«Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.»
«Moonlight is sculpture.»
«Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Life
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bewilder, bewildered, considerable, deceived, deception, For any, multitude, period
«No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
bewilder, bewildered, considerable, For any, multitude, period
«In the depths of every heart, there is a tomb and a dungeon, though the lights, the music, and revelry above may cause us to forget their existence, and the buried ones, or prisoners whom they hide. But sometimes, and oftenest at midnight, those dark receptacles are flung wide open. In an hour like this, when the mind has a passive sensibility, but no active strength; when the imagination is a mirror, imparting vividness to all ideas, without the power of selecting or controlling them; then pray that your grieves may slumber, and the brotherhood of remorse not break their chain.»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«Sunlight is painting.»
«So she poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit.»
«Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
| About:
Love
| Keywords:
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«Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.»
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
Above and Beyond, Creator, immortal, lovely, meant, The Deep
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