"Life is made up of marble and mud." - Nathaniel Hawthorne

🏛️ Life

“Life is made up of marble and mud.”

Beautiful and messy, all mixed together — that's just how life works. You don't have to pretend it's all marble. The mud is part of the story too.

“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always beyond your grasp but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is always just beyond your grasp but which if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Families are always rising and falling in America so let them rise with love and fall with grace.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne