What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as one's self! Nathaniel Hawthorne darkdungeonheart Change image and share on social
Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. Nathaniel Hawthorne flyleafshadow Change image and share on social
You can get assent to almost any proposition so long as you are not going to do anything about it. Nathaniel Hawthorne assentlongproposition Change image and share on social
Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness. Nathaniel Hawthorne artistdealexpress Change image and share on social
We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death. Nathaniel Hawthorne congratulatedeathdream Change image and share on social
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. Nathaniel Hawthorne combinedictionaryevil Change image and share on social
Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments. Nathaniel Hawthorne earthmonumentmountain Change image and share on social
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. Nathaniel Hawthorne addconscienceimprobability Change image and share on social
