Desert Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The tendency of her fate and fortunes had been to set her free. The scarlet letter was her passport into regions where other women…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.

— Danielle Steel

But she had long ago learned that when she wandered into the realm of fancy she must go alone. The way to it was…

— Anonymous

It [the scarlet letter] had the effect of a spell, taking her out of the ordinary relations with humanity, and enclosing her in a…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“She read all sorts of things: travels, and sermons, and old magazines. Nothing was so dull that she couldn't get through with it. Anything…

— Susan Coolidge

“She continued her own studies, principally attending to German, and to Literature; and every Sunday she went alone to the German and English chapels.…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

The evasions of her little novel were exactly those of her life. Everything she did not wish to confront was also missing from her…

— Ian Mcewan

“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city”

— Roman Payne

The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldn’t give them voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on his door…

— Tessa Dare

There was another reason [she] took her books whenever they went away. They were her home when she was somewhere strange. They were familiar…

— Cornelia Funke

She had sacrificed her childhood to save her brothers; she loved her family above all else, and her spirits yearned to return home once…

— Juliet Marillier

“She had no obligations; she roamed outdoors, sniffing the flora and chasing the fauna, her mind filled with images, smells, colors, and myths borne…

— Isabel Allende