Nathaniel Hawthorne said this quote

“ ... for when a man's spirit has been thoroughly crushed, he may be peevish at small offenses, but never resentful of great ones. ”

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Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Death should take me while I am in the mood.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne