“Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and for ever abandon his faculties to the eating rust of… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Instead of sitting down in a retired corner, or stealing away to her own room till the procession should be marshalled, according… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Jane! will you hear reason?' (he stooped and approached his lips to my ear) 'because, if you won't, I'll try violence. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it impossible to be conventional with you — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“No fear of death will darken St. John's last hour: his mind will be unclouded, his heart will be undaunted, his hope… — Charlotte Brontë Death Copy Share Image
“At eighteen most people wish to please, and the conviction that they have not an exterior likely to second that desire brings… — Charlotte Brontë Desire Copy Share Image
“make my happiness , i will make yours . let no man prevent me , i have her and i will keep her.” — Charlotte Brontë Happiness Copy Share Image
“St John Rivers: What will you do with all your fine accomplishments? Jane Eyre: I will save them until they're wanted. They… — Charlotte Brontë Success Copy Share Image
Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
My wretched feet, flayed and swollen to lameness by the sharp air of January, began to heal and subside under the gentler… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“He stood between me and every thought of religion, as an eclipse intervenes between man and the broad sun. I could not,… — Charlotte Brontë God Copy Share Image
“Dintotdeauna, de cand ma stiu, mi-a placut sa cunosc adevarul in toate [...] Chiar daca inima ne tresare de spaima, acea tresarire… — Charlotte Brontë Amor Copy Share Image
“Don’t talk to me about her, John: I told you not to go near her; she is not worthy of notice; I… — Charlotte Brontë Sister Copy Share Image
“Come, Miss Jane, don't cry,' said Bessie, as she finished. She might as well have said to the fire, 'Don't burn!' but… — Charlotte Brontë Suffering Copy Share Image
“I would have got past Mr. Rochester's chamber without pause; but my heart momentarily stopping its beat at that threshold, my foot… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
It seems to me, Monsieur, that there is nothing more galling in great physical misfortunes than to be compelled to make all… — Charlotte Bronte Body Copy Share Image
“Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you… — Charlotte Brontë Disgust Copy Share Image
“I really did not expect any Grace to answer, for the laugh was as tragic, as preternatural a laugh as any I… — Charlotte Brontë Fear Copy Share Image
“He is not to them what he is to me,' I thought: 'he is not of their kind. I believe he is… — Charlotte Brontë Love Copy Share Image
A Christmas frost had come at midsummer; a white December storm had whirled over June; ice glazed the ripe apples, drifts crushed… — Charlotte Bronte Apples Copy Share Image
“To speak truth, sir, I don't understand you at all: I cannot keep up the conversation, because it has got out of… — Charlotte Brontë Communication Copy Share Image
“This night is not calm; the equinox still struggles in its storms. The wild rains of the day are abated; the great… — Charlotte Brontë Charlotte-bronte Copy Share Image
“All men, taken singly, are more or less selfish; and taken in bodies, they are intensely so. The British merchant is no… — Charlotte Brontë Making money Copy Share Image
Arraigned at my own bar, Memory having given her evidence of the hopes, wishes, sentiments I had been cherishing since last night--… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
As to the thoughts, they are elfish. Those eyes in the Evening Star you must have seen in a dream. — Charlotte Bronte Dream Copy Share Image
“A preface to the first edition of “Jane Eyre” being unnecessary, I gave none: this second edition demands a few words both… — Charlotte Brontë Preface Copy Share Image
“My heart almost died within me; miserable longings strained its chords. How long were the September days! How silent, how lifeless!” — Charlotte Brontë Boredom Copy Share Image
The cool peace and dewy sweetness of the night filled me with a mood of hope: not hope on any definite point,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“Do you think me, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless?” — Charlotte Brontë Courageous Copy Share Image
“during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good yet stern, a conscientious yet implacable man can inflict on… — Charlotte Brontë Punishment Copy Share Image
Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced -- true friendship is no gourd spring up in a night and withering… — Charlotte Bronte Friend Copy Share Image
“Of an artistic temperament, I deny that I am; yet I must possess something of the artist's faculty of making the most… — Charlotte Brontë Art Copy Share Image
“Un hombre no puede olvidar la devoción que sentía por una mujer así, no debe ser, no puede ser” — Charlotte Brontë Amor Copy Share Image
“I might have been different, I might have been as good as you - wiser - almost stainless. I envy your peace… — Charlotte Brontë Envy Copy Share Image
“My habitual mood of humiliation, self-doubt, forlorn depression, fell damp on the embers of my decaying ire.” — Charlotte Brontë Depression Copy Share Image
“Picture me then idle, basking, plump, and happy, stretched on a cushioned deck, warmed with constant sunshine, rocked by breezes indolently soft.” — Charlotte Brontë Sunshine Copy Share Image
“Mr. Rochester : Your gaze is very direct, Miss Eyre. Do you think me handsome? Jane Eyre: No, sir.” — Charlotte Brontë Mr rochester Copy Share Image
“Loverless and inexpectant of love, I was as safe from spies in my heart-poverty, as the beggar from thieves in his destitution… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Yet, when M. Paul sneered at me, I wanted to possess them more fully; his injustice stirred in me ambitious wishes—it imparted… — Charlotte Brontë Ambitious Copy Share Image
“Descending, I went wandering whither chance might lead, in a still ecstasy of freedom and enjoyment; and I got— I know not… — Charlotte Brontë City life Copy Share Image