Who said "Comfort, I pray thee, with thine own phantom!"?

This quote is attributed to Arthur Dimmesdale.

Comfort, I pray thee, with thine own phantom! - Arthur Dimmesdale

"Comfort, I pray thee, with thine own phantom!"

Arthur Dimmesdale Solitude

Character in The Scarlet Letter

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"We are all sinners, Hester. We are all sinners."

"Be true! Be true! Be true!"

"Believe me, Hester, there are none so agonized with inward torment."

"Thou knowest—thou hast long known it—that I am no evil man."

"Sometimes being the best means being the loneliest."

"Solitude gives us time to reflect on what matters"

"I'm not good with people, never have been."

"I feel like I'm disappearing."