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.
Nathaniel HawthorneAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist, Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: July 4, 1804
- Died: May 19, 1864
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