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The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women…

Quote byNathaniel Hawthorne · 1804–1864

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter XVIII: A Flood of Sunshine.

English (original)

The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers — stern and wild ones, — and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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