Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne Download Open image ““The secret is," said Phoebe, smiling, "that I have learned how to talk with hens and chickens.”” — Nathaniel Hawthorne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“She's gonna know the rooster's in the hen house when she doesn't find me there, so we'd better hurry.” — Georgia Cates Copy Share Image
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“Alvin smiled back, and kissed her. "People talk about fools counting chickens before they hatch. That's nothing. We name them.” — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“With an air of confession, Jin lowered his voice. "Eggs come out of chickens' butts, you know.” — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“there was something of the women molded into the great, stalwart frame of Hollingsworth; nor was he ashamed of it; as men often are… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The trees reflected in the river - they are unconscious of a spiritual world so near to them. So are we. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
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“My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire, I longed to kindle one!” — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Wherever there is a heart and an intellect, the diseases of the physical frame are tinged with the peculiarities of these. — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“he seemed to be in quest for mental food, not heart sustenance.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Possibly, he was in a state of second growth and recovery, and was constantly assimilating nutriment for his spirit and intellect from sights, sounds,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“What wonder, then, should we be frightened by the aspect of a monster, which, after all,—though we can point to every feature of his… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
As the architecture of a country always follows the earliest structures, American architecture should be a refinement of the log-house. The Egyptian is so… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image