All brave men love for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
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. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Real healing happens when we dare to breathe in the universe, stretching both body and soul to reach for balance and truth. Sometimes, healing moments take forever to arrive. At other times, they fall in our laps with sheer grace, like a feather from an unseen bird. – Kristina Turner, The Self-Healing Cookbook, 2002, originally published 1987 [a l