Shall we never never get rid of this Past ... It lies upon the Present like a giants dead body. Nathaniel Hawthorne Next Quote Unfathomable to mere mortals is the lore of fiends. - Nathaniel Hawthorne Previous Quote But year after year that summons unheard but felt was disobeyed. His one secret thought became like a chain binding down his spirit and like a serpent gnawing into his heart. - Nathaniel Hawthorne