More quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living."
"Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love."
"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
"Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not."
"Life is made up of marble and mud."