Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: July 4, 1804 - May 19, 1864
Birthday: July 4
Death: May 19
Masculine observers, if the birth-mark did not heighten their admiration, contented themselves with wishing it away, that the world might possess one living specimen of ideal loveliness, without the semblance of a flaw.
source: Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “The Birthmark (Unabridged): A Dark Romantic Story on Obsession with Human Perfection From the Renowned American Author of “The Scarlet Letter”, “The House with the Seven Gables” & “Twice-Told Tales” (Including Biography)”, p.76, e-artnow
topic: Wish, World, Might, Semblance
