Who said "Better to starve with the symbol than to preserve it"?

This quote is attributed to Hester Prynne.

Better to starve with the symbol than to preserve it - Hester Prynne

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

Hester Prynne Courage

Character in The Scarlet Letter

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"Thou and I are not of the world; let us therefore leave the matter as it then stood."

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

"I am not, nor have ever been, otherwise than what you see me."

"Thou hast just pleaded passionately for thy child; canst thou not do the same for the father of thy child?"

"Never let fear stop you from chasing your dreams."

"Courage is being afraid but doing it anyway."

"Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do."

"Sometimes you have to be the monster to stop the monsters."