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.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go...

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go...

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may...

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may...

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not...

It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not...

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man...

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man...

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.

Mankind are earthen jugs with spirits in them.

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.

Sunlight is painting.

Sunlight is painting.

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art...

Moonlight is sculpture.

Moonlight is sculpture.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some...

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art...

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art...

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.