This quote describes an essential feature of Pearl's personality. She has a passionate and impulsive nature which seems connected to the way she was conceived.

Pearl makes clear that she will accept love and affection on her terms only. Her stubbornness is a result of having a courageous heart.

PEARL in Classic Quotes · 1 But little Pearl was not clad in rustic weeds. · 2 Pearl was a born outcast of the infantile world. · 3 Pearl saw, and gazed ...

“Mother,” said little Pearl, “the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Now, see! There it ...

"Come along, Pearl!" said she, drawing her away, "Come and look into this fair garden. It may be, we shall see flowers there; more beautiful ones than we find ...

Pearl answers her mom's question, "Will you love Dimmesdale?" by saying, essentially, "Will he still be a hypocrite?"

Pearl is the result of adultery. She did not commit adultery. She is innocent of the sin of her parents; however, she takes the punishment alongside them.

Because Hester's letter remains on her chest, Pearl will always dwell in her mother's life. Pearl says, “Now thou art my mother indeed!” And I am thy little ...

No, my little Pearl! Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee. Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter · Like ...

“Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom. Now, see! There it ...