The Scarlet Letter

"Thou knowest that I am a man of thought; the book, the pen, the desk, are rightly mine."

"I would not take this shame upon me, if it be freely offered."

"Live, therefore, and keep a watchful eye upon thyself!"

"God punishes sin with only one hand—with a gentle hand."

"Is there not shame enough in this?"

"There is a Sympathy that will make me conscious of all thy trials."

"Come away, mother! Come away!"

"He has taught me much, and will teach me more yet."

"Thy Heavenly Father sendeth it!"

"Better to die than to live!"

"My heart was fashioned to be broken."

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

"Art thou like the Black Man that haunts the forest round about us?"

"God knows; and He is merciful!"

"Show mercy to me!"

"Thou and I, Hester, never knew what exquisite torture it is to know an enemy."

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

"Be true! Be true! Be true!"

"Let the black flower blossom as it may!"

"Pity me!—Pity me!—Do not abandon me, though I am utterly unworthy!"

"Is this not better than what we dreamed of in the forest?"

"Let the black flower blossom as it may!"

"Art thou capable of turning this to profit, both monetary and ecclesiastical?"

"I do forgive you, Roger Chillingworth! May God forgive us both!"

"Go forth! and tell the world the truth!"

"Heaven hath granted her an open ignominy, that thereby she may work out an open triumph."

"One token of thy shame, Hester,—that on thy breast!"

"I am a coward in letting thee linger here so miserably!"

"Shall we not spend our lives together, and die together, and have our immortal souls joined?"

"My poor, mutilated bough! Thou hast had all the sunshine thou couldst bear."