Miles Hirson

“There was a listlessness in his gait, as if he saw no reason for taking one step further, nor felt any desire to do so, but would have been glad, could he be glad of anything, to fling himself down at the root of the nearest tree, and lie there passive for evermore. The leaves might bestrew him, and the soil gradually accumulate and form a little hillock over his frame, no matter whether there were life in it or no. Death was too definite an object to be wished for or avoided.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“To the untrue man, the whole universe is false--it is impalpable--it shrinks to nothing within his grasp.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“We dream in our waking moments, and walk in our sleep.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“But it is a strange experience, to a man of pride and sensibility, to know that his interests are within the control of individuals who neither love nor understand him”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter