Still, there will be a connection with the long past – a reference to forgotten events and personages, and to manners, feelings, and opinions, almost or wholly obsolete – which, if adequately translated to the reader, would serve to illustrate how much of old material goes to make up the freshest novelty of human life.
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
Select a background
More quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Popular Authors
A curated listing of popular authors.