I never, till now, had a friend who could give me repose; all have disturbed me, and, whether for pleasure or pain, it was still disturbance. But peace overflows from your heart into mine.
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
Feb 052014
Jan 292014
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon.
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
As quoted in A Dictionary of Thoughts
Jul 122012
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.
– Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter