Roger Chillingworth

Character in The Scarlet Letter From: The Scarlet Letter

The physician and vengeful antagonist - offers dark, calculated observations about human nature and revenge

84 quotes

"Revenge is not so sweet, that I have much to boast of"
Wisdom
"Let the black flower blossom as it may!"
Nature
"Dost thou mock me now?"
Relationships
"I am not to be within shout of the scaffold!"
"I am not of the order of Providence."
Philosophy
"That old man!—I hate him! Yet he hateth me!"
"Show me the woman,—I shall know her!"
Justice
"What art thou to me? I am bound to thee by ties far too powerful for thy breaking!"
Relationships
"Thou speakest as if this evil were a thing apart from thyself!"
"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."
"Evil has been with me from my youth."
Truth
"Thou hast escaped me!"
Death
"Thou knowest not what a relief it is, after the toil and trouble of my life."
Peace
"Thou madest me!"
"He hath denied me; he hath cast me off!"
"Thou wilt not reveal his secret then?"
"Thou lovest the child, then, so fiercely? Even when she was but a few days old?"
Love
"We have wronged each other,—she and I,—deeply, deeply!"
"Thou hast escaped me!"
Power
"I am not to be driven off. I may come and go as I list."
Power
"Hadst thou sought all things else, that bird and bosom were mine!"
"There is a sword hanging over thee."
"Behold, Hester, the weariness, the despair, and downward tendency of his soul!"
"What says the black man whispers always at thy side?"
"That old man!—I have him at my mercy!"
Power
"He despised and yet pitied the minister."
"Evil has been the module of my life."
"The sainted Mr. Dimmesdale may yet step down from his pulpit!"
"Thy act is sinful; I bear no hate with thee."
Wisdom
"Is there not shade enough in all this boundless forest to hide thy shame and despair?"
Nature