Hester Prynne

"Let the black flower blossom as it may."

"Thou wilt not reveal his name? Not outwardly, nor in action?"

"God is merciful. Let us not despair."

"Thou hast kept the secret, and I now release thee."

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

"Dost thou see yonder child? She is flesh of thy flesh."

"I can endure it all."

"Thou and I are not of the world's people."

"Thou knowest what this mean, and what I am!"

"Let the black flower blossom as it may!"

"Thy Heavenly Father sendeth thee to me."

"In God's eyes, we may be pure; but in man's we are forever stained."

"I will not speak!—I will not reveal!"

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

"Keep, therefore, the secret, as thou valuest thy life!"

"Let the black flower blossom as it may!"

"The past is gone."

"There is a sympathy that will make me conscious of him."

"I shall endure it as I may."

"I am not of that order."

"What if the forest whisper of what thou dost in the darkness?"

"Wouldst thou avenge thyself on the innocent babe?"

"I have a sympathy and fellowship with all that vibrate with kindred emotions."

"It has taught me—it is teaching me—lessons whereof my child may be the wiser."

"Of penance I have had enough. Of penitence too, I had enough!"

"Thou shalt not go out from this door!"

"It is too late! He is with his evil elf!"

"Dost thou see yon child? It is thine,—thine own image."

"Keep, therefore, the secret, as thou valuest thy peace and thy salvation!"

"Wouldst thou avenge thyself on the innocent babe?"