Hester Prynne

"Woman's strength and woman's weakness were made known to me."

"Let the black flower blossom as it may."

"The very law that condemns me is not absolute as it seems."

"Art thou a man? Hast thou a heart?"

"Compassion has come to be with me as my daily garment."

"The child—the minister's child—thy child!"

"Thou knowest what is the evil, and canst do that which the good requires."

"My little Pearl will love me!"

"I may have sinned deeply and darkly; yet I am still thy Hester!"

"We violated our reverence each for the other, but let that pass."

"Out of those gloomy depths, Pearl might lure thee forth."

"I pity thee, for the good that has been wasted in thy nature!"

"Every moment, while thou hidest thyself, is a lie!"

"What we did had a consecration of its own."

"My sin and my shame—let the multitude know it!"

"Come, therefore, and let us hence!"

"Canst thou forgive me?"

"Whosoever thou art, I forgive thee."

"My child! My happiness! What should I say?"

"Let the black flower blossom as it may!"

"Thy Heavenly Father sends thee love."

"What we did had a consecration of its own"

"I pity thee, for the good that has been wasted"

"Let the black flower blossom as it may"

"Thou art not evil!—yet Pearl hath told me of thy doings"

"What lies before us is not so much the past as the future"

"Thou shalt not go alone"

"Better to starve with the symbol than to preserve it"

"Doth the universe lie within the compass of yonder town?"

"What we did had a consecration"