Hester Prynne

Character in The Scarlet Letter From: The Scarlet Letter

Protagonist - the woman forced to wear the scarlet letter, with profound reflections on sin, redemption, and society

214 quotes

"Be not silent from fear!"
Courage
"Thou hast forgotten nothing and forgiven nobody."
Wisdom
"Do anything, save to lie and play the hypocrite!"
Truth
"What we did had a consecration of its own."
Truth
"If thou feelest it to be for the best, let the sun shine on my infamy as well as on yours."
Justice
"There is a sympathy that will make me conscious of him."
Relationships
"I pity thee, for the good that has been wasted in thy nature!"
Kindness
"I shall seek my peace in solitude."
Solitude
"The child of godly parents must needs grow up sin-stricken?"
Philosophy
"What we did had a consecration of its own."
Love
"Let the black flower blossom as it may."
"Thou and I are not the only ones!"
"Keep, therefore, the secret to thyself."
"Wouldst thou avenge thyself on the innocent babe?"
Kindness
"Beware! Beware! It may be that there is no other spot so delicious to him as this very town."
"I see in it rather the pledge that, in heaven, we shall yet stand together."
Hope
"What we did had a consecration of its own."
Love
"Let the black flower blossom as it may!"
"There is no pathway leading away from it!"
"Whatsoever thou sayest, I shall keep as fast a secret as before."
"I pity thee, for the good that has been wasted in thy nature!"
"That old man!—if thou truly lovest me, thou wilt leave him to the justice of the Infinite."
Faith
"the past is dead, and let it pass! A new life!--as thou sayest, a new world!"
Change
"What we did had a consecration of its own"
Love
"there is a sympathy that will make me conscious of him"
"What we did had a consecration of its own."
Love
"Let the black flower blossom as it may."
"Behold, I am not the judge. It belongs to Him alone."
"The letter A may mean Angel, as it surely means Able."
Hope
"What we did had a consecration of its own."
Love