Nathaniel Hawthorne

"What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The clear light that belongs to October is personality rather than character."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Moonlight is sculpture; sunlight is painting."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Death should take me while I am in the mood."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"The thing you set your mind on is the thing you ultimately become."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Thou must gather thine own sunshine."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.”"

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh it was. My very heart leaped with the sound."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"What we call real estate – the solid ground to build a house on – is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Sunlight is like the breath of life to the pomp of autumn."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne

"I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne