The Scarlet Letter Character Quotes & Sayings

Because there's no such thing as too much water under the bridge. The only problem is a refusal to deal with the water that's already gone pasts. — Ellen Miller

I think there are people who really always have and always will care about the quality of music in general, about the sound of the music, things like that. — Daryl Hall

Logic is the procession or proportionate unfolding of the intuition; but its virtue is as silent method; the moment it would appear as propositions, and have a separate value, it is worthless. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war. — George S. Patton

I always think it's useful to get an outside opinion. — Heidi Julavits

I'm American. Why didn't I say I was African American? Because I'm in a foreign country? But can I really consider myself to be in a foreign country when I could go walking back to my own country right now if I wanted, and it wouldn't even take very long? Does this mean that in some places I'm American and in some places I'm African American and in other places, by logical extension, I'm nobody? — Roberto Bolano

Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent. — Joseph Joubert

Twitter is sort of version of labeling, except with 140 characters instead of a labelmaker. It's the way of calling things out for what they are, wearing badges. Twitter is like the new Scarlet Letter. — Carrie Brownstein

Aria: I went to Hollis. Because I was looking for ... you know. Her. She was teaching an art class, so I ran inside, grabbed a paintbrush, and painted a scarlet A across her chest. You know, like that woman in The Scarlet Letter? It was awesome. She didn't know what hit her. And then I said, 'Now everyone will know what you've done'.
Ella: Do you realize that Hester Prynne is supposed to be a sympathetic character? — Sara Shepard