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Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author

1804–1864

23 quotes, most often on Love, Truth & Lies and Happiness.

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.
The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter XVIII: A Flood of SunshineIn context
- Love
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart.
The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter XV: Hester and PearlIn context
- Love
- Marriage
What we did had a consecration of its own.
The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter XVIIIn context
- Love
It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter XXIVIn context
- Love

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