“Liberty was the breath of Emily's nostrils; without it she perished. (about her sister)” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous… — Charlotte Brontë 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 Copy Share Image
“I desired liberty; for liberty I gasped; for liberty I uttered a prayer; it seemed scattered on the wind then faintly blowing.… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“I could not see how poor people had the means of being kind, and then to learn to speak like them, to… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“By degrees, he acquired a certain influence over me that took away my liberty of mind: his praise and notice were more… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Now I have performed the part of a good host,” pursued Mr. Rochester, “put my guests into the way of amusing each… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“Courage, Lucy Snowe! With self-denial and economy now, and steady exertion by-and-by, an object in life need not fail you. Venture not… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. — Charlotte Bronte 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 Copy Share Image
“Relinquish! What! my vocation? My great work? My foundation laid on earth for a mansion in heaven? My hopes of being numbered… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“I was not heroic enough to purchase liberty at the price of caste.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
My God, whose son, as on this night, took on Him the form of man, and for man vouchsafed to suffer and bleed, controls… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“A deal of people, Miss, are for trusting all to Providence; but I say Providence will not dispense with the means, though He often… — Charlotte Brontë 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 single cloud… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“How dare I, Mrs Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth. You think I have no feelings, and that I can do… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would… — Charlotte Bronte 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 heart, degradation… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were -… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Talented people almost always know full well the excellence that is in them. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
“Not one spark of spirit, not one symptom of resistance, would they have shown till the hand of the Corsican bandit had grasped that… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
![“I could not see how poor people had the means of being kind, and then to learn to speak like them, to adopt their manners, to be uneducated, to grow up like one of the poor women [...]: no, I was not heroic enough to purchase liberty at the price of caste.” quote by Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/24a/charlotte-bronte-144_caste_i-could-not-see-how-poor-people-had-the_2266560.jpg)
