Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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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...

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections...

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...

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...

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...

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which,...

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which,...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

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...

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

I hate track! I hate running! Running around and around and around and around, and...

I hate track! I hate running! Running around and around and around and around, and...

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for,...

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for,...

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which,...

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which,...

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to...

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

Just as there comes a warm sunbeam into every cottage window, so comes a love-born...

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: He...

As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: He...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...

The just is close to the people's heart, but the merciful is close to the...