'What is the Unpardonable Sin' asked the lime-burner 'It is a sin that grew within my own breast', replied Ethan Brand 'The sin of an intellect that triumphed over the sense of brotherhood with man and reverence for God'.
Nathaniel HawthorneSuch has often been my apathy, when objects long sought, and earnestly desired, were placed within my reach.
Nathaniel HawthorneWriting can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.
Nathaniel HawthorneCan man be so age-stricken that no faintest sunshine of his youth may re visit him once a year? It is impossible. The moss on our time-worn mansion brightens into beauty; and the good old pastor, who once dwelt here, renewed his prime and regained his boyhood in the genial breeze of his ninetieth spring. Alas for the worn and heavy soul, if, whether in youth or age, it has outlived its privilege of springtime sprightliness!
Nathaniel Hawthorne