Those with whom we can apparently become well acquainted in a few moments are generally the most difficult to rightly know and to understand.
Nathaniel HawthorneHe had been driven hither by the impulse of that Remorse which dogged him everywhere, and whose own sister and closely linked companion was that Cowardice which invariably drew him back, with her tremulous gripe, just when the other impulse had hurried him to the verge of a disclosure.
Nathaniel HawthorneTrusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.
Nathaniel HawthorneI heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh it was. My very heart leapt with the sound.
Nathaniel Hawthorne