Tuesday, February 14, 2006
valentines (or not)
Sophia Peabody to Nathaniel Hawthorne:
"Words cannot tell how immensely my spirit demands thee. Sometimes I almost lose my breath in a vast heaving towards thy heart....for me there is no life without a response of life from thee."
Nathaniel Hawthorne to Sophia Peabody:
"I would write beautifully and make myself famous for your sake."
"How sweet would be my sleep, and how sweet my waking, when I should find your breathing self in my arms."
"What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow."
Elizabeth Peabody to her sister Sophia, after growing tired of Sophia's euphoric letters describing her newlywed bliss:
"You know, dear, there are different kinds of beautiful lives."
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