Nathaniel Hawthorne — 🏛️ Life Quote

Beautiful and messy, all mixed together — that's just how life works. You don't have to pretend it's all marble. The mud is part of the story too.

“Life is made up of marble and mud.”

Beautiful and messy, all mixed together — that's just how life works. You don't have to pretend it's all marble. The mud is part of the story too.

“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

“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

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

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

— Nathaniel Hawthorne