The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the… — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings... — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
I think I must write a book. It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me… — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation. — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up… — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
“When it is said that it was done to please a woman, there ought perhaps to be enough to explain anything; for what a… — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
Those that set in motion the forces of evil cannot always control them afterwards. — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen. — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. — Charles W. Chesnutt Copy Share Image
