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title: "4 Helen Burns Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“Now I wept: Helen Burns was not here; nothing sustained me; left to myself I abandoned myself, and my tears watered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/now-i-wept-helen-burns-was-not-here-nothing-sustained-me-left-to/)

[Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

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> [Would you not be happier if you tried to forget her severity, together with the passionate emotions it excited? Life appears to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/would-you-not-be-happier-if-you-tried-to-forget-her-severity-together-2/)

[Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

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> [“I'm not lying, I was a killer Helen Burns. I stepped out on to that stage like I was the Great Esquimaux…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-d-schmidt/i-m-not-lying-i-was-a-killer-helen-burns-i-stepped-out-on-to-that/)

[Gary D. Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-d-schmidt/)

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> [“Helen Burns’s shoulder, my arms round her neck.  I was asleep, and Helen was—dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/helen-burns-s-shoulder-my-arms-round-her-neck-i-was-asleep-and-helen/)

[Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/charlotte-bronte-144_helen_helen-burns-s-shoulder-my-arms-round-her_2884951.jpg)

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