“One token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another.”

– The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.”

– The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

“In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvellous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it.”

– The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

“A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and entire within itself, may, after all, be but a symptom of some ailment in the spiritual part.”

– The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

“A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.”

– The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

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What is a good metaphor quote from the scarlet letter??