--- title: "3 Scarlet Letters Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 3 Scarlet Letters quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Scarlet Letters sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/jason-matthews-12029_cold-war_but-if-americans-chose-to-pit-themselves_846108.jpg" --- > [“But if Americans chose to pit themselves against Russia, thinking she was feeble and weak, they would be surprised. A student in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-matthews/but-if-americans-chose-to-pit-themselves-against-russia-thinking-she/) [Jason Matthews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-matthews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/jason-matthews-12029_cold-war_but-if-americans-chose-to-pit-themselves_846108.jpg) > [“All over the gray facade of his father's house in scarlet letters he wrote: ELLIOT SCHAFER. He almost added: "was here" but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-rees-brennan/all-over-the-gray-facade-of-his-father-s-house-in-scarlet-letters-he/) [Sarah Rees Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-rees-brennan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/sarah-rees-brennan-994_parenting_all-over-the-gray-facade-of-his-father-s_2669344.jpg) > [It's Nathaniel Hawthorne Month in English. Poor Nathaniel. Does he know what they've done to him? We're reading The Scarlet Letter one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-halse-anderson/it-s-nathaniel-hawthorne-month-in-english-poor-nathaniel-does-he-know/) [Laurie Halse Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-halse-anderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c5/laurie-halse-anderson-623_blunt_it-s-nathaniel-hawthorne-month-in-englis_2689465.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scarlet-letters/#itemlist", "name": "Scarlet Letters Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But if Americans chose to pit themselves against Russia, thinking she was feeble and weak, they would be surprised. A student in the class disagreed. He suggested that yesterday’s notions of “East and West” were antiquated. Besides, Russia had lost the Cold War, get over it. There was a hush in the classroom. 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