It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object.
Nathaniel HawthorneNow are ye undeceived. Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome again, my children, to the communion of your race.
Nathaniel HawthorneWhen an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived.
Nathaniel HawthorneThere is something truer and more real, than what we can see with the eyes, and touch with the finger.
Nathaniel Hawthorne