--- title: "9 Brontë Sisters Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Brontë Sisters quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Brontë Sisters sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/matt-ruff-32892_charlotte_hi-i-said-i-m-the-last-of-the-bront-sist_1945586.jpg" --- > [“Hi," I said. "I'm the last of the Brontë sisters.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ruff/hi-i-said-i-m-the-last-of-the-bront-sisters/) [Matt Ruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ruff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/matt-ruff-32892_charlotte_hi-i-said-i-m-the-last-of-the-bront-sist_1945586.jpg) > [I must confess I love female writers: Jane Austen, Isak Dinesen, Colette, Willa Cather, Dawn Powell, Joan Didion. I grew up on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anjelica-huston/i-must-confess-i-love-female-writers-jane-austen-isak-dinesen-colette/) [Anjelica Huston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anjelica-huston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/anjelica-huston-8543_dawn_i-must-confess-i-love-female-writers-jan_1314201.jpg) > [I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-marling/i-ve-always-loved-books-by-the-bronte-sisters-i-love-jane-austen-too/) [Laura Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-marling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b0/laura-marling-8939_austen_i-ve-always-loved-books-by-the-bronte-si_2030834.png) > [I'm glad nobody has asked me to adapt 'Wuthering Heights' because I think I would make a mess of it. Everybody makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-davies/i-m-glad-nobody-has-asked-me-to-adapt-wuthering-heights-because-i/) [Andrew Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-davies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/andrew-davies-16398_adapt_i-m-glad-nobody-has-asked-me-to-adapt-wu_455209.jpg) > [Of course, Jack Kilborn is better than both of us combined and mixed with a side helping of the Bronte sisters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-a-konrath/of-course-jack-kilborn-is-better-than-both-of-us-combined-and-mixed/) [J.A. Konrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-a-konrath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/470/j-a-konrath-13702_alike_of-course-jack-kilborn-is-better-than-bo_286720.png) > [“I rolled my eyes at her image, grinning back at me from the hair dye box, and consoled myself with the thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-caliskan/i-rolled-my-eyes-at-her-image-grinning-back-at-me-from-the-hair-dye/) [Patricia Caliskan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-caliskan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d22/patricia-caliskan-37080_hair-dye_i-rolled-my-eyes-at-her-image-grinning-b_767315.jpg) > [“Besides, she had survived the searingly hot nights, when sleep was rendered impossible, by reading a miasma of English novels by Jane…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucinda-riley/besides-she-had-survived-the-searingly-hot-nights-when-sleep-was/) [Lucinda Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucinda-riley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/lucinda-riley-13838_books_besides-she-had-survived-the-searingly-h_1739340.jpg) > [It's hard to imagine what the Bronte sisters' lives would've been like had they been men. Different things would've been expected of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-pirrie/it-s-hard-to-imagine-what-the-bronte-sisters-lives-would-ve-been-like/) [Chloe Pirrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-pirrie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/chloe-pirrie-28570_hard_it-s-hard-to-imagine-what-the-bronte-sis_1923716.jpg) > [“The Brontë sisters have a renewed hold upon our imagination. They were gifted, well-educated, especially self-educated, and desperate. Their seriousness and poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-hardwick/the-bront-sisters-have-a-renewed-hold-upon-our-imagination-they-were/) [Elizabeth Hardwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-hardwick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/elizabeth-hardwick-10519_charlotte-bronte_the-bront-sisters-have-a-renewed-hold-up_150131.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bront-sisters/#itemlist", "name": "Brontë Sisters Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hi,\" I said. \"I'm the last of the Brontë sisters.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matt Ruff" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ruff/hi-i-said-i-m-the-last-of-the-bront-sisters/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/matt-ruff-32892_charlotte_hi-i-said-i-m-the-last-of-the-bront-sist_1945586.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/matt-ruff-32892_charlotte_hi-i-said-i-m-the-last-of-the-bront-sist_1945586.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/matt-ruff-32892_charlotte_hi-i-said-i-m-the-last-of-the-bront-sist_1945586.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hi,\" I said. \"I'm the last of the Brontë sisters.” — Matt Ruff", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I must confess I love female writers: Jane Austen, Isak Dinesen, Colette, Willa Cather, Dawn Powell, Joan Didion. 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