Pearl kissed his lips. A spell was broken. The great scene of grief, in which the wild infant bore a part, had developed all her sympathies; and as her tears fell upon her father's cheek, they were the pledge that she would grow up amid human joy and sorrow, nor forever do battle with the world, but be a woman in it.
Nathaniel HawthorneMots clés magical
And as for Owen Warland, he looked placidly at what seemed the ruin of his life's labor, and which was yet no ruin. He had caught a far other butterfly than this. When the artist rose high enough to achieve the beautiful, the symbol by which he made it perceptible to mortal senses became of little value in his eyes while his spirit possessed itself in the enjoyment of the reality.
Nathaniel HawthorneThere are few things, - whether in the outward world, or to a certain depth, in the invisible sphere of thought, - few things hidden from the man who devotes himself earnestly and unreservedly to the solution of a mystery.
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 HawthorneMots clés fear truth honesty secrets cowardice
There was a listlessness in his gait, as if he saw no reason for taking one step further, nor felt any desire to do so, but would have been glad, could he be glad of anything, to fling himself down at the root of the nearest tree, and lie there passive for evermore. The leaves might bestrew him, and the soil gradually accumulate and form a little hillock over his frame, no matter whether there were life in it or no. Death was too definite an object to be wished for or avoided.
Nathaniel HawthorneMots clés death sorrow depression
Might and wrong combined, like iron magnetized, are endowed with irresistible attraction.
Nathaniel HawthorneMots clés power corruption magnetism
It is remarkable that persons who speculate the most boldly often conform with the most perfect quietude to the external regulations of society.
Nathaniel HawthorneFew secrets can escape an investigator who has opportunity and license to undertake such a quest and skill to follow it up.
Nathaniel Hawthorne...such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin.
Nathaniel HawthorneMots clés sin loss-of-faith
...if truth were everywhere to be shown, a scarlet letter would blaze forth on many a bosom...
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