Quotes by : Nathaniel Hawthorne

Is it a fact – or have I dreamt it – that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become....

When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. When,....

And Pearl, stepping in, mid-leg deep, beheld her own white feet at the bottom, while out of a still lower....

Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other....

Herman Melville came to see me at the Consulate, looking much as he used to do (a little paler, and perhaps....

There was a listlessness in his gait, as if he saw no reason for taking one step further, nor felt any....

Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.

he seemed to be in quest for mental food, not heart sustenance.

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

What is called poetic insight is the gift of discerning, in this sphere of strangely-mingled elements,....