--- title: "1 Bronte Quotes By Jean Webster" description: "1 Bronte quotes by Jean Webster. Plus more from Jean Webster and more Bronte sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/jean-webster-7791_book_what-do-you-think-is-my-favourite-book-j_947510.jpg" --- > [“What do you think is my favourite book? Just now, I mean; I change every three days. "Wuthering Heights." Emily Bronte was quite young when she wrote it, and had never been outside of Haworth churchyard. She had never known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/what-do-you-think-is-my-favourite-book-just-now-i-mean-i-change-every/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/jean-webster-7791_book_what-do-you-think-is-my-favourite-book-j_947510.jpg) ## Other authors on Bronte - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-virginia-woolf-93906.jpg) Virginia Woolf 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bronte/virginia-woolf/) ## More by Jean Webster > [“It isn't the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/it-isn-t-the-big-troubles-in-life-that-require-character-anybody-can/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [“Please be thinking about me. I'm quite lonely and I want to be thought about”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/please-be-thinking-about-me-i-m-quite-lonely-and-i-want-to-be-thought/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [Half of the time I don't know what they're talking about; their jokes seem to relate to a past that everyone but me has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/half-of-the-time-i-don-t-know-what-they-re-talking-about-their-jokes/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [... in spite of being happier than I ever dreamed I could be, I'm also soberer. The fear that something may happen to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/in-spite-of-being-happier-than-i-ever-dreamed-i-could-be-i-m-also/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [“Do you want to know something? I have three pairs of kid gloves. I've had kid mittens before from the Christmas tree, but never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/do-you-want-to-know-something-i-have-three-pairs-of-kid-gloves-i-ve/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [“I don't believe it pays to be a great author.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/i-don-t-believe-it-pays-to-be-a-great-author/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [“Examinations are even entertaining, if you know the right answers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/examinations-are-even-entertaining-if-you-know-the-right-answers/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [“Her eyes wandered back to the campus again, and she suddenly grew sober as the thought swept over her that in a few weeks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/her-eyes-wandered-back-to-the-campus-again-and-she-suddenly-grew/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [I think that the most necessary quality for any person to have is imagination. It makes people able to put themselves in other people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/i-think-that-the-most-necessary-quality-for-any-person-to-have-is/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [I went to bed last night utterly dejected; I thought I was never going to amount to anything, and that you had thrown away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/i-went-to-bed-last-night-utterly-dejected-i-thought-i-was-never-going/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [“One does not miss what one has never had.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/one-does-not-miss-what-one-has-never-had/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [“You remember that illuminated text over the dining-room door--"The Lord Will Provide." We've painted it out, and covered the spot with rabbits. It's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/you-remember-that-illuminated-text-over-the-dining-room-door-the-lord/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [“The bitterness of wearing your enemies' cast-off clothes eats into your soul. If I wore silk stockings for the rest of my life, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/the-bitterness-of-wearing-your-enemies-cast-off-clothes-eats-into/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go round, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes your way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/the-world-is-full-of-happiness-and-plenty-to-go-round-if-you-are-only/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) > [This is your heart.Keep it locked until the chap turns up who has the key.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-webster/this-is-your-heart-keep-it-locked-until-the-chap-turns-up-who-has-the/) [Jean Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-webster/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bronte/jean-webster/#itemlist", "name": "1 Bronte Quotes By Jean Webster", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What do you think is my favourite book? 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