--- title: "14 Ur Eyes Quotes By Charlotte Bronte" description: "14 Ur Eyes quotes by Charlotte Bronte. Plus more from Charlotte Bronte and more Ur Eyes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/charlotte-bronte-144_eye_i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way_365481.jpg" --- > [I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way-at-some-time-i-saw-it-in-your/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/charlotte-bronte-144_eye_i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way_365481.jpg) > [Life is still life, whatever its pangs; our eyes and ears and their use remain with us, though the prospect of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/life-is-still-life-whatever-its-pangs-our-eyes-and-ears-and-their-use/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/charlotte-bronte-144_console_life-is-still-life-whatever-its-pangs-ou_845966.jpg) > [Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/gentle-reader-may-you-never-feel-what-i-then-felt-may-your-eyes-never/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/charlotte-bronte-144_appeals_gentle-reader-may-you-never-feel-what-i_1921813.jpg) > [I knew, you would do me good, in some way, at some time;- I saw it in your eyes when I first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way-at-some-time-i-saw-it-in-your-2/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/charlotte-bronte-144_delight_i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way_1736478.jpg) > [When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/when-you-are-inquisitive-jane-you-always-make-me-smile-you-open-your/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baf/charlotte-bronte-144_answers_when-you-are-inquisitive-jane-you-always_2658468.jpg) > [“Pity, Jane, from some people is a noxious and insulting sort of tribute, which one is justified in hurling back in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/pity-jane-from-some-people-is-a-noxious-and-insulting-sort-of-tribute/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/charlotte-bronte-144_suffering_pity-jane-from-some-people-is-a-noxious_720805.jpg) > [“But I affirm that you are: so much depressed that a few more words would bring tears to your eyes-indeed, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/but-i-affirm-that-you-are-so-much-depressed-that-a-few-more-words/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/430/charlotte-bronte-144_quote_but-i-affirm-that-you-are-so-much-depres_733418.jpg) > [Am I a liar in your eyes?" he asked passionately. "Little skeptic, you shall be convinced. What love have I for Miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/am-i-a-liar-in-your-eyes-he-asked-passionately-little-skeptic-you/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/charlotte-bronte-144_accept-me_am-i-a-liar-in-your-eyes-he-asked-passio_620715.jpg) > [“I knew,” he continued, “you would do me good in some way, at some time;—I saw it in your eyes when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/i-knew-he-continued-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way-at-some-time-i/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/charlotte-bronte-144_people-talk_i-knew-he-continued-you-would-do-me-good_3236163.jpg) > [“What have you been doing during my absence?' 'Nothing particular; teaching Adele as usual.' 'And getting a good deal paler than you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/what-have-you-been-doing-during-my-absence-nothing-particular/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/charlotte-bronte-144_first-sight_what-have-you-been-doing-during-my-absen_254231.jpg) > [“Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/jane-my-little-darling-so-i-will-call-you-for-so-you-are-you-don-t/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/charlotte-bronte-144_love_jane-my-little-darling-so-i-will-call-yo_1881063.jpg) > [“That a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life, that a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/that-a-greater-fool-than-jane-eyre-had-never-breathed-the-breath-of/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/charlotte-bronte-144_fool_that-a-greater-fool-than-jane-eyre-had-n_2658964.jpg) > [“You,” I said, “a favourite with Mr. Rochester? You gifted with the power of pleasing him? You of importance to him in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/you-i-said-a-favourite-with-mr-rochester-you-gifted-with-the-power-of/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/charlotte-bronte-144_last-night_you-i-said-a-favourite-with-mr-rochester_1831223.jpg) > [“When once more alone, I reviewed the information I had got; looked into my heart, examined its thoughts and feelings, and endeavoured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/when-once-more-alone-i-reviewed-the-information-i-had-got-looked-into/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/charlotte-bronte-144_last-night_when-once-more-alone-i-reviewed-the-info_376991.jpg) ## Other authors on Ur Eyes ## More by Charlotte Bronte > [When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/when-we-are-struck-at-without-a-reason-we-should-strike-back-again/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [My God, whose son, as on this night, took on Him the form of man, and for man vouchsafed to suffer and bleed, controls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/my-god-whose-son-as-on-this-night-took-on-him-the-form-of-man-and-for/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [“A deal of people, Miss, are for trusting all to Providence; but I say Providence will not dispense with the means, though He often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/a-deal-of-people-miss-are-for-trusting-all-to-providence-but-i-say/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [“This night is not calm; the equinox still struggles in its storms. The wild rains of the day are abated; the great single cloud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/this-night-is-not-calm-the-equinox-still-struggles-in-its-storms-the/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [“How dare I, Mrs Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth. You think I have no feelings, and that I can do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/how-dare-i-mrs-reed-how-dare-i-because-it-is-the-truth-you-think-i/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [“If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed; but the cleverest, the acutest men are often under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/if-men-could-see-us-as-we-really-are-they-would-be-a-little-amazed/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/if-all-the-world-hated-you-and-believed-you-wicked-while-your-own/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. With this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/life-appears-to-me-too-short-to-be-spent-in-nursing-animosity-or/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/poverty-for-me-is-synonymous-with-degradation/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/when-his-first-born-was-put-into-his-arms-he-could-see-that-the-boy/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [Talented people almost always know full well the excellence that is in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/talented-people-almost-always-know-full-well-the-excellence-that-is/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [“Not one spark of spirit, not one symptom of resistance, would they have shown till the hand of the Corsican bandit had grasped that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/not-one-spark-of-spirit-not-one-symptom-of-resistance-would-they-have/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [“Love can excuse anything except meanness; but meanness kills love, cripples even natural affection; without esteem true love cannot exist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/love-can-excuse-anything-except-meanness-but-meanness-kills-love/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it impossible to be conventional with you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/i-think-you-will-learn-to-be-natural-with-me-as-i-find-it-impossible/) [Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) > [“You are no ruin sir--no lighting-struck tree: you are green and vigorous. Plants will grow about your roots, whether you ask them or not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/you-are-no-ruin-sir-no-lighting-struck-tree-you-are-green-and/) [Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ur-eyes/charlotte-bronte/#itemlist", "name": "14 Ur Eyes Quotes By Charlotte Bronte", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way-at-some-time-i-saw-it-in-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/charlotte-bronte-144_eye_i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way_365481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/charlotte-bronte-144_eye_i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way_365481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/charlotte-bronte-144_eye_i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way_365481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you.” — Charlotte Bronte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is still life, whatever its pangs; our eyes and ears and their use remain with us, though the prospect of what pleases be wholly withdrawn, and the sound of what consoles must be silenced.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/life-is-still-life-whatever-its-pangs-our-eyes-and-ears-and-their-use/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/charlotte-bronte-144_console_life-is-still-life-whatever-its-pangs-ou_845966.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/charlotte-bronte-144_console_life-is-still-life-whatever-its-pangs-ou_845966.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27a/charlotte-bronte-144_console_life-is-still-life-whatever-its-pangs-ou_845966.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life is still life, whatever its pangs; our eyes and ears and their use remain with us, though the prospect…” — Charlotte Bronte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! 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If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing, I would know what all this means. Well, to-night I excuse you; but understand that so long as my visitors stay, I expect you to appear in the drawing-room every evening; it is my wish; don't neglect it. Now go, and send Sophie for Adele. 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What love have I for Miss Ingram? None: and that you know. What love has she for me? None: as I have taken pains to prove; I caused a rumor to reach her that my fortune was not a third of what was supposed, and after that I presented myself to see the result; it was coldness both from her and her mother. I would not-I could not-marry Miss Ingram. You-you strange-you almost unearthly thing!-I love as my own flesh. You-poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are-I entreat to accept me as a husband.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/am-i-a-liar-in-your-eyes-he-asked-passionately-little-skeptic-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/charlotte-bronte-144_accept-me_am-i-a-liar-in-your-eyes-he-asked-passio_620715.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/charlotte-bronte-144_accept-me_am-i-a-liar-in-your-eyes-he-asked-passio_620715.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b29/charlotte-bronte-144_accept-me_am-i-a-liar-in-your-eyes-he-asked-passio_620715.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Am I a liar in your eyes?\" he asked passionately. \"Little skeptic, you shall be convinced. 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My cherished preserver, goodnight!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/i-knew-he-continued-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way-at-some-time-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/charlotte-bronte-144_people-talk_i-knew-he-continued-you-would-do-me-good_3236163.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/charlotte-bronte-144_people-talk_i-knew-he-continued-you-would-do-me-good_3236163.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/charlotte-bronte-144_people-talk_i-knew-he-continued-you-would-do-me-good_3236163.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I knew,” he continued, “you would do me good in some way, at some time;—I saw it in your eyes when I first…” — Charlotte Brontë", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What have you been doing during my absence?' 'Nothing particular; teaching Adele as usual.' 'And getting a good deal paler than you were - as I saw at first sight. What is the matter?' 'Nothing at all, sir.' 'Did you take any cold that night you half drowned me?' 'Not the least.' 'Return to the drawing-room: you are deserting too early.' 'I am tired, sir.' He looked at me for a minute. 'And a little depressed,' he said. 'What about? Tell me.' 'Nothing - nothing, sir. I am not depressed.' 'But I affirm that you are: so much depressed that a few more words would bring tears to your eyes - indeed, they are there now, shining and swimming; and a bead has slipped from the lash and fallen on the flag. If I had time, and was not in mortal dread of some prating prig of a servant passing, I would know what all this means. Well, to-night I excuse you; but understand that so long as my visitors stay, I expect you to appear in the drawing-room every evening; it is my wish; don't neglect it. Now go, and send Sophie for Adele. Good-night, my..' He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me. (Jane and Mr Rochester)”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/what-have-you-been-doing-during-my-absence-nothing-particular/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/charlotte-bronte-144_first-sight_what-have-you-been-doing-during-my-absen_254231.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/charlotte-bronte-144_first-sight_what-have-you-been-doing-during-my-absen_254231.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/charlotte-bronte-144_first-sight_what-have-you-been-doing-during-my-absen_254231.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What have you been doing during my absence?' 'Nothing particular; teaching Adele as usual.' 'And getting a…” — Charlotte Brontë", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you misjudge me again: it is not because she is mad I hate her. If you were mad, do you think I should hate you?\" \"I do indeed, sir.\" \"Then you are mistaken, and you know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love of which I am capable. Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. Your mind is my treasure, and if it were broken, it would be my treasure still: if you raved, my arms should confine you, and not a strait waistcoat--your grasp, even in fury, would have a charm for me: if you flew at me as wildly as that woman did this morning, I should receive you in an embrace, at least as fond as it would be restrictive. I should not shrink from you with disgust as I did from her: in your quiet moments you should have no watcher and no nurse but me; and I could hang over you with untiring tenderness, though you gave me no smile in return; and never weary of gazing into your eyes, though they had no longer a ray of recognition for me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/jane-my-little-darling-so-i-will-call-you-for-so-you-are-you-don-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/charlotte-bronte-144_love_jane-my-little-darling-so-i-will-call-yo_1881063.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/charlotte-bronte-144_love_jane-my-little-darling-so-i-will-call-yo_1881063.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/charlotte-bronte-144_love_jane-my-little-darling-so-i-will-call-yo_1881063.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you…” — Charlotte Brontë", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life, that a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited herself on sweet lies and swallowed poison as if it were nectar. YOU, I said, a favourite with Mr. Rochester? YOU gifted with the power of pleasing him? YOU of importance to him in any way? Go; your folly sickens me. And you have derived pleasure from occasional tokens of peference, equivocal tokens shown by a gentleman of family and a man of the world, to a dependent and a novice. How dared you? Poor stupid dupe? Could not even self-interest make you wiser? You repeated to yourself this morning the brief scene of last night; Cover your face and be ashamed. He said something in praise of your eyes did he> Blind puppy. Open their bleared lids and look on your own accursed senselessness. It does good to no woman to be flattered by her superior who cannot possibly intend to marry her, and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it, and if discovered and responded to, must lead ignis-fatus-like into miry wilds whence there is no extrication.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/that-a-greater-fool-than-jane-eyre-had-never-breathed-the-breath-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/charlotte-bronte-144_fool_that-a-greater-fool-than-jane-eyre-had-n_2658964.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/charlotte-bronte-144_fool_that-a-greater-fool-than-jane-eyre-had-n_2658964.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/charlotte-bronte-144_fool_that-a-greater-fool-than-jane-eyre-had-n_2658964.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life, that a more fantastic idiot had…” — Charlotte Brontë", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You,” I said, “a favourite with Mr. Rochester? You gifted with the power of pleasing him? You of importance to him in any way? Go! your folly sickens me. And you have derived pleasure from occasional tokens of preference—equivocal tokens shown by a gentleman of family and a man of the world to a dependent and a novice. How dared you? Poor stupid dupe!—Could not even self-interest make you wiser? You repeated to yourself this morning the brief scene of last night?—Cover your face and be ashamed! He said something in praise of your eyes, did he? Blind puppy! Open their bleared lids and look on your own accursed senselessness! It does good to no woman to be flattered by her superior, who cannot possibly intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and, if discovered and responded to, must lead, ignis-fatus-like, into miry wilds whence there is no extrication.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/you-i-said-a-favourite-with-mr-rochester-you-gifted-with-the-power-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/charlotte-bronte-144_last-night_you-i-said-a-favourite-with-mr-rochester_1831223.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/charlotte-bronte-144_last-night_you-i-said-a-favourite-with-mr-rochester_1831223.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/charlotte-bronte-144_last-night_you-i-said-a-favourite-with-mr-rochester_1831223.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You,” I said, “a favourite with Mr. Rochester? You gifted with the power of pleasing him? You of importance…” — Charlotte Brontë", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When once more alone, I reviewed the information I had got; looked into my heart, examined its thoughts and feelings, and endeavoured to bring back with a strict hand such as had been straying through imagination's boundless and trackless waste, into the safe fold of common sense. Arraigned to my own bar, Memory having given her evidence of the hopes, wishes, sentiments I had been cherishing since last night--of the general state of mind in which I had indulged for nearly a fortnight past; Reason having come forward and told, in her quiet way a plain, unvarnished tale, showing how I had rejected the real, and rapidly devoured the ideal--I pronounced judgement to this effect-- That a greater fool than Jane Eyre had never breathed the breath of life; that a more fantastic idiot had never surfeited herself on sweet lies, and swallowed poison as if it were nectar. \"You,\" I said, \"a favourite with Mr. Rochester? You're gifted with the power of pleasing him? You're of importance to him in any way? Go!--your folly sickens me. And you have derived pleasure from occasional tokens of preference--equivocal tokens shown by a gentleman of family and a man of the world to dependent and novice. How dared you? Poor stupid dupe! Could not even self-interest make you wiser? You repeated to yourself this morning the brief scene of last night? Cover your face and be ashamed! He said something in praise of your eyes, did he? Blind puppy! Open their bleared lids and look on your own accursed senselessness! It does no good to no woman to be flattered by her superior, who cannot possibly intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and if discovered and responded to, must lead into miry wilds whence there is no extrication. \"Listen, then, Jane Eyre, to your sentence: tomorrow, place the glass before you, and draw in chalk your own pictures, faithfully, without softening on defect; omit no harsh line, smooth away no displeasing irregularity; write under it, 'Portrait of a Governess, disconnected, poor, and plain.' \"Afterwards, take a piece of smooth ivory--you have one prepared in your drawing-box: take your palette, mix your freshest, finest, clearest tints; choose your most delicate camel-hair pencils; delineate carefully the loveliest face you can imageine; paint it in your softest shades and sweetest lines, according to the description given by Mrs. Fairfax of Blanche Ingram; remember the raven ringlets, the oriental eye--What! you revert to Mr. Rochester as a model! Order! No snivel!--no sentiment!--no regret! I will endure only sense and resolution... \"Whenever, in the future, you should chance to fancy Mr. Rochester thinks well of you, take out these two pictures and compare them--say, \"Mr. Rochester might probably win that noble lady's love, if he chose to strive for it; is it likely he would waste a serious thought on this indignent and insignifican plebian?\" \"I'll do it,\" I resolved; and having framed this determination, I grew calm, and fell asleep.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlotte Bronte" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/when-once-more-alone-i-reviewed-the-information-i-had-got-looked-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/charlotte-bronte-144_last-night_when-once-more-alone-i-reviewed-the-info_376991.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/charlotte-bronte-144_last-night_when-once-more-alone-i-reviewed-the-info_376991.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/charlotte-bronte-144_last-night_when-once-more-alone-i-reviewed-the-info_376991.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When once more alone, I reviewed the information I had got; looked into my heart, examined its thoughts and…” — Charlotte Bronte", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ur-eyes/charlotte-bronte/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ur-eyes/charlotte-bronte/", "name": "Ur Eyes Quotes by Charlotte Bronte", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ur-eyes/charlotte-bronte/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/charlotte-bronte-144_eye_i-knew-you-would-do-me-good-in-some-way_365481.jpg" }, "description": "14 Ur Eyes quotes by Charlotte Bronte. 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