--- title: "16 Should Quotes By Anne Bronte" description: "16 Should quotes by Anne Bronte. Plus more from Anne Bronte and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/anne-bronte-1444_despise_because-the-road-is-rough-and-long-shoul_1640085.jpg" --- > [Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/because-the-road-is-rough-and-long-should-we-despise-the-skylark-s/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/anne-bronte-1444_despise_because-the-road-is-rough-and-long-shoul_1640085.jpg) > [A girl's affections should never be won unsought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/a-girl-s-affections-should-never-be-won-unsought/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/anne-bronte-1444_affection_a-girl-s-affections-should-never-be-won_2557028.jpg) > [But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/but-he-that-dares-not-grasp-the-thorn-should-never-crave-the-rose/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/anne-bronte-1444_crave_but-he-that-dares-not-grasp-the-thorn-sh_984800.jpg) > [And why should he interest himself at all in my moral and intellectual capacities: what is it to him what I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/and-why-should-he-interest-himself-at-all-in-my-moral-and/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/anne-bronte-1444_answers_and-why-should-he-interest-himself-at-al_413001.jpg) > [Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/yet-should-thy-darkest-fears-be-true-if-heaven-be-so-severe-that-such/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/anne-bronte-1444_being-true_yet-should-thy-darkest-fears-be-true-if_1481137.jpg) > [Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/because-i-imagine-there-must-be-only-a-very-very-few-men-in-the-world/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/anne-bronte-1444_fancy_because-i-imagine-there-must-be-only-a-v_1673769.jpg) > [I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-was-not-really-angry-i-felt-for-him-all-the-time-and-longed-to-be/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/799/anne-bronte-1444_angry_i-was-not-really-angry-i-felt-for-him-al_148432.jpg) > [Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/keep-both-heart-and-hand-in-your-own-possession-till-you-see-good-2/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c9/anne-bronte-1444_bear_keep-both-heart-and-hand-in-your-own-pos_2608909.jpg) > [To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/to-regret-the-exchange-of-earthly-pleasures-for-the-joys-of-heaven-is/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/anne-bronte-1444_air_to-regret-the-exchange-of-earthly-pleasu_765587.jpg) > [I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-am-satisfied-that-if-a-book-is-a-good-one-it-is-so-whatever-the-sex/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ea/anne-bronte-1444_becoming_i-am-satisfied-that-if-a-book-is-a-good_2680042.jpg) > [I will give my whole heart and soul to my Maker if I can,' I answered, 'and not one atom more of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-will-give-my-whole-heart-and-soul-to-my-maker-if-i-can-i-answered/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bc/anne-bronte-1444_atoms_i-will-give-my-whole-heart-and-soul-to-m_3156721.jpg) > [To regret the exchange of earthly pleasures for the joys of Heaven, is as if the grovelling caterpillar should lament that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/to-regret-the-exchange-of-earthly-pleasures-for-the-joys-of-heaven-is-2/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/anne-bronte-1444_air_to-regret-the-exchange-of-earthly-pleasu_1435982.jpg) > [When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/when-i-tell-you-not-to-marry-without-love-i-do-not-advise-you-to-2/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/anne-bronte-1444_advise_when-i-tell-you-not-to-marry-without-lov_2744478.jpg) > [I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-was-sorry-for-her-i-was-amazed-disgusted-at-her-heartless-vanity-i/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/anne-bronte-1444_amazed_i-was-sorry-for-her-i-was-amazed-disgust_2249469.jpg) > [He is very fond of me, almost too fond. I could do with less caressing and more rationality. I should like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/he-is-very-fond-of-me-almost-too-fond-i-could-do-with-less-caressing/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e99/anne-bronte-1444_affection_he-is-very-fond-of-me-almost-too-fond-i_614921.jpg) > [You need not fear me, for I not only should think it wrong to marry a man that was deficient in sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/you-need-not-fear-me-for-i-not-only-should-think-it-wrong-to-marry-a/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c40/anne-bronte-1444_able_you-need-not-fear-me-for-i-not-only-shou_1652646.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Anne Bronte > [There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-are-great-books-in-this-world-and-great-worlds-in-books/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“There was a certain graceful ease and freedom about all he said and did, that gave a sense of repose and expansion to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-was-a-certain-graceful-ease-and-freedom-about-all-he-said-and/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“When a lady does consent to listen to an argument against her own opinions, she is always predetermined to withstand it - to listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/when-a-lady-does-consent-to-listen-to-an-argument-against-her-own/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-are-i-suppose-some-men-as-vain-as-selfish-and-as-heartless-as/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [ “By his \[God's\] help I will arise and address myself diligently to my appointed duty. If happiness in this world is not for me,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/by-his-god-s-help-i-will-arise-and-address-myself-diligently-to-my/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [There is such a thing as looking through a person's eyes into the heart, and learning more of the height, and breadth, and depth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-is-such-a-thing-as-looking-through-a-person-s-eyes-into-the/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“Keep a guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlet, lest they betray…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/keep-a-guard-over-your-eyes-and-ears-as-the-inlets-of-your-heart-and/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/what-the-world-stigmatizes-as-romantic-is-often-more-nearly-allied-to/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should make the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-was-not-really-angry-i-felt-for-him-all-the-time-and-longed-to-be/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“Sullen silence was taken for rapt attention, and gave him greater room to talk; sharp answers were received as smart sallies of girlish vivacity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/sullen-silence-was-taken-for-rapt-attention-and-gave-him-greater-room/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“Revenge! No—what good would that do?—it would make him no better, and me no happier.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/revenge-no-what-good-would-that-do-it-would-make-him-no-better-and-me/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [I’ll promise to think twice before I take any important step you seriously disapprove of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/i-ll-promise-to-think-twice-before-i-take-any-important-step-you/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [“It’s well to have such a comfortable assurance regarding the worth of those we love. I only wish you may not find your confidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/it-s-well-to-have-such-a-comfortable-assurance-regarding-the-worth-of/) [Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/how-odd-it-is-that-we-so-often-weep-for-each-other-s-distresses-when/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) > [Adoration isn't love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/adoration-isn-t-love/) [Anne Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/anne-bronte/#itemlist", "name": "16 Should Quotes By Anne Bronte", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/because-the-road-is-rough-and-long-should-we-despise-the-skylark-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/anne-bronte-1444_despise_because-the-road-is-rough-and-long-shoul_1640085.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/anne-bronte-1444_despise_because-the-road-is-rough-and-long-shoul_1640085.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/anne-bronte-1444_despise_because-the-road-is-rough-and-long-shoul_1640085.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?” — Anne Bronte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A girl's affections should never be won unsought.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/a-girl-s-affections-should-never-be-won-unsought/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/anne-bronte-1444_affection_a-girl-s-affections-should-never-be-won_2557028.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/anne-bronte-1444_affection_a-girl-s-affections-should-never-be-won_2557028.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/anne-bronte-1444_affection_a-girl-s-affections-should-never-be-won_2557028.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A girl's affections should never be won unsought.” — Anne Bronte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/but-he-that-dares-not-grasp-the-thorn-should-never-crave-the-rose/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/anne-bronte-1444_crave_but-he-that-dares-not-grasp-the-thorn-sh_984800.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/anne-bronte-1444_crave_but-he-that-dares-not-grasp-the-thorn-sh_984800.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ba/anne-bronte-1444_crave_but-he-that-dares-not-grasp-the-thorn-sh_984800.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.” — Anne Bronte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And why should he interest himself at all in my moral and intellectual capacities: what is it to him what I think and feel?' 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