"Happiness is a butterfly, which…" — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Translations

“The past is never dead It’s not even past”

Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.”

“We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep”

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

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