"My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one! It seemed not so wild a dream." --Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlett Letter

     I read this eloquent quote and determined to read the book as somehow I managed to get through college and high school without having done so.  I find the book wordy and dry.  At some point I will finish it, but the above quote is still absolutely wonderful....so descriptive of the human condition.