Quotes About Hester Prynne In Scarlet Letter

#1. It's always a pleasure when you get to work with people that you actually really like.

Mekhi Phifer

#2. Individuals in private life, meanwhile, had quite forgiven Hester Prynne for her frailty; nay, more, they had begun to look upon the scarlet letter as the token, not of that one sin for which she had borne so long and dreary a penance, but of her many good deeds since.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#3. Those who seek to follow the Son will do so even on a cloudy day.

Lori Nawyn

#4. A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

Peter De Vries

#5. But it was a remarkable attribute of this garb, and indeed, of the child's whole appearance, that it irresistibly and inevitably reminded the beholder of the token which Hester Prynne was doomed to wear upon her bosom. It was the scarlet letter in another form: the scarlet letter endowed with life!

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#6. Struggling woman, as yet only half his victim, that the outward guise of purity was but a lie, and that, if truth were everywhere to be shown, a scarlet letter would blaze forth on many a bosom besides Hester Prynne's?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

#7. What would the world be like if people said whatever they were thinking, all the time, whenever it came to them? How long would a blind date last? About 13 seconds, I think. Oh, sorry, your rear end is too big. That's ok, your breath stinks anyway. See you later.

Jerry Seinfeld

#8. Life's too short to say no when love shows up at your door.

Roxanne Snopek

#9. Cancer is tangible. People feel compassion for you if you get cancer. Not so much if you're an alcoholic. And a mother who drinks? Forget it. Straight to hell. Big fat scarlet letter branded on our foreheads for life. Me and Hester Prynne? Same letter, different sins.

Amy Hatvany

#10. When the heart and mind focus on things unseen - that's when there's a visible change in us.

Ann Voskamp