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 whollyrestrained, love will die at the roots.
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This quote is just one of 18 total Nathaniel Hawthorne quotes in our collection. Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.
I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
I do not want to be a doctor and live by men's diseases, nor a minister to live by their sins, nor a lawyer and live by their quarrels. So, I don't see that there is anything left for me but to be an author.
This quote is just one of 18 total Nathaniel Hawthorne quotes in our collection. Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.