When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so… — 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… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
It is strange,' pursued he, 'that while I love Rosomond Oliver so wildly-with all the intensity, indeed, of a first passion, the… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Que me voulez-vous?' said he in a growl of which the music was wholly confined to his chest and throat, for he… — Charlotte Bronte 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 Copy Share Image
~Do you like him much? ~I told you I like him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
"Do you like him much?" "I told you I liked him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
They will both be happy, and I do not grudge them their bliss; but I groan under my own misery: some of… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
You have introduced a topic on which our natures are at variance - a topic we should never discuss: the very name… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Whatever the cause, I could not meet his sunshine with cloud. If this were my last moment with him, I would not… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Strange that grief should now almost choke me, because another human being's eye has failed to greet mine. — Charlotte Bronte 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
I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss.… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Wise people say it is folly to think anybody perfect; and as to likes and dislikes, we should be friendly to all,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I have no wish to talk nonsense." "If you did, it would be in such a grave, quiet manner, I should mistake… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Nervous alarms should always be communicated, that they may be dissipated. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Old maids like the houseless and unemployed poor, should not ask for a place and an occupation in the world: the demand… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
A great deal; you are good to those who are good to you. It is all I ever desire to be. If… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I had not seen "Pride and Prejudice," till I read that sentence of yours, and then I got the book. And what… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
We should acknowledge God merciful, but not always for us comprehensible. — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
God waits only the separation of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward. Why, then, should we ever sink… — Charlotte Bronte 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
