5 quotes
Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world.
The Scarlet Letter (1850)
It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.
The Scarlet Letter (1850)
What a sweet reverence is that, when a young man deems his mistress a little more than mortal, and almost chides himself for longing to bring her close to his heart.
The Marble Faun (1860)
Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.
The American Notebooks (1835)
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.
Misattributed William Cowper Prime in The Old House by the River (1853)