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“We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream it may be so the moment after death.”

Nathaniel Hawthorne · Death

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time

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Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

Good

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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing second, the gratification of one's family and friends and lastly, the solid cash.

Family

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It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.

Health