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And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.
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My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
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Mountains are earth’s undecaying monuments.
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To the untrue man, the whole universe is false- it is impalpable- it shrinks to nothing within his grasp. And he himself is in so far as he shows himself in a false light, becomes a shadow, or, indeed, ceases to exist.
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There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their memory; and any man who does, is not worthy of one.
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We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.
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The trees reflected in the river – they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we.
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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.
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Ugliness without tact is horrible.
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If the truth were to be known, everyone would be wearing a scarlet letter of one form or another.
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Men of cold passions have quick eyes.
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Though we speak nonsense, God will pick out the meaning of it.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the heart, which remains the same in all ages; so that commonplaces of a thousand years’ standing are as effective as ever.
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