“... in short, as a man, he would have wished to coerce me into obedience;” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means. — Charlotte Bronte Integrity Copy Share Image
I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. — Charlotte Bronte Angel Copy Share Image
I wished critics would judge me as an author, not as a woman. — Charlotte Bronte Books Copy Share Image
“Well said, forehead; your declaration shall be respected.” — Charlotte Brontë Declaration Copy Share Image
“If he expects me to talk for the mere sake of talking and showing off, he will find he has addressed himself… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“And yet there were fragments of truth here and there which satisfied the conscience, and gleams of light that cheered the vision.” — Charlotte Brontë Dreams Copy Share Image
No mockery in the world ever sounds to me as hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. Happiness is not… — Charlotte Bronte Happiness Copy Share Image
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now… — Charlotte Brontë Freedom Copy Share Image
If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I loved him very much - more than I could trust myself to say - more than words had power to express."… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“I believe she thought I had forgotten my station, and yours, sir." "Station! station!--your station is in my heart.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Ex-act-ly, pre-cisely: with your usual acuteness, you have hit the nail straight on the head.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Ne treba da prodam dušu da bih ostvarila sreću. Unutar mene posedujem blago koje može da me održi u životu čak iako… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Besides, I seemed to hold two lives—the life of thought, and that of reality; and, provided the former was nourished with a… — Charlotte Brontë Daily bread Copy Share Image
“But when one does not complain, and when one wants to master oneself with a tyrant’s grip — one’s faculties rise in… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“He saw nature - he saw books through me; and never did I weary of gazing for his behalf, and of putting… — Charlotte Brontë Books Copy Share Image
“Not one thought was to be given either to the past or the future. The first was a page so heavenly sweet… — Charlotte Bronte Courage Copy Share Image
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. With this creed, revenge never worries my… — Charlotte Bronte Acceptance Copy Share Image
There are not unfrequently substantial reasons underneath for customs that appear to us absurd; and if I were ever again to find… — Charlotte Bronte Absurd Copy Share Image
Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“When once more alone, I reviewed the information I had got; looked into my heart, examined its thoughts and feelings, and endeavoured… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“He was resolved, he said, to return home to the Hollow that very afternoon. Mr. Yorke, instead of opposing, aided and abetted… — Charlotte Brontë Best friend Copy Share Image
“The day succeeding this remarkable Midsummer night, proved no common day. I do not mean that it brought signs in heaven above,… — Charlotte Brontë Midsummer Copy Share Image
“The broad white road unrolled before the long procession, the sun and sky surveyed it cloudless, the wind tossed the tree boughs… — Charlotte Brontë Children Copy Share Image
“It is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature; but that it may be done,… — Charlotte Brontë Ambition Copy Share Image
“Where my soul went during that swoon I cannot tell. Whatever she saw, or wherever she travelled in her trance on that… — Charlotte Brontë Bronte Copy Share Image
“Tell me now, fairy as you are - can't you give me a charm, or a philter, or something of that sort,… — Charlotte Brontë Common purpose Copy Share Image
“Then you and I should bid good-bye for a little while?" I suppose so, sir." And how do people perform that ceremony… — Charlotte Bronte Farewell Copy Share Image
If you don't love another living soul, then you'll never be disappointed. — Charlotte Bronte Disappointed Copy Share Image
“Lucy, take my love. One day share my life. Be my dearest, first on earth.” — Charlotte Brontë Life Copy Share Image
“A pointed illustration indeed of the old adage that "extremes meet".” — Charlotte Brontë Adage Copy Share Image
“If I failed in what I now designed to undertake, who, save myself, would suffer?” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Farewell!" was the cry of my heart as I left him. Despair added, "Farewell for ever!” — Charlotte Brontë Farewell Copy Share Image
“All the room darkened and my heart again sank; inexpressible sadness weighed it down” — Charlotte Brontë Sadness Copy Share Image
