"Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have……" — Anne Bronte

"Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read."

— Anne Bronte

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80 Quotes by Anne Bronte

Anne Bronte has 80 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick…
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would…
If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones…
His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks…
I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad…
Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and,…
Thank heaven, I am free and safe at last!
Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost,…
Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets,…
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author…

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