“It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.”

— Nathaniel Hawthorne , book The Scarlet Letter

Source: The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter XXIV: Conclusion
Context: It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object.

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American novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1879) 1804–1864

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