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.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEAnd there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
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What other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one’s self!
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Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.
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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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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.
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There is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger.
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This world owes all its forward impulses to people ill at ease.
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Happiness is not found in things you possess, but in what you have the courage to release.
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Death should take me while I am in the mood.
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The calmer thought is not always the right thought, just as the distant view is not always the truest view.
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Moonlight is sculpture.
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And there I sat, long long ago, waiting for the world to know me.
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Dream strange things and make them look like truth.
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The inward pleasure of imparting pleasure – that is the choicest of all.
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The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become.
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