Quotes by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. When, however, it fo — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
There can be, if I forebode aright, no power, short of the Divine mercy, to disclose, whether by uttered words, or by ty — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
...the Puritans compressed whatever mirth and public joy they deemed allowable to human infirmity; thereby so far dispel — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom. — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Women derive a pleasure, incomprehensible to the other sex, from the delicate toil of the needle. — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
He was not ill-fitted to be the head and representative of a community which owed its origin and progress, and its prese — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Some attribute had departed from her, the permanence of which had been essential to keep her a woman. Such is frequently — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Like all other music, it breathed passion and pathos, and emotions high or tender, in a tongue native to the human heart — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in it — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
The sorrow that lay cold in her mother's heart... converted it into a tomb. — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Do anything, save to lie down and die! — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging-and could have been from the very first-the steadf — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
There are many things in this world that a child must not ask about. — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Would not the earth, quickened to an evil purpose by the sympathy of his eye, greet him with poisonous shrubs... Would h — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
In all her intercourse with society, however, there was nothing that made her feel as if she belonged to it... She stood — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
There was a listlessness in his gait, as if he saw no reason for taking one step further, nor felt any desire to do so, — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared. — Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter