I wished critics would judge me as an author, not as a woman. — Charlotte Bronte Books Copy Share Image
I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. — Charlotte Bronte Angel Copy Share Image
Propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means. — Charlotte Bronte Integrity Copy Share Image
I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. — Charlotte Bronte Backward Copy Share Image
Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly… — Charlotte Bronte Age Copy Share Image
“Love can excuse anything except meanness; but meanness kills love, cripples even natural affection; without esteem true love cannot exist.” — Charlotte Brontë Love Copy Share Image
Some of the best people that ever lived have been as destitute as I am; and if you are a Christian, you… — Charlotte Bronte Christian Copy Share Image
“the mere pouring out of some portion of long accumulating, long pent-up pain into a vessel whence it could not again be… — Charlotte Brontë Solaced Copy Share Image
Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. — Charlotte Bronte Alive Copy Share Image
“I had enjoyed so much bliss lately that i imagined my fortune had passed its meridian and must now decline.” — Charlotte Brontë Happiness Copy Share Image
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state… — Charlotte Bronte Cheerfulness Copy Share Image
“Reader, I married him. A quiet wedding we had: he and I, the parson and clerk, were alone present.” — Charlotte Brontë Charlotte-bronte Copy Share Image
“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in… — Charlotte Brontë Cold Winter Copy Share Image
“I am not going out under human guidance, subject to the defective laws and erring control of my feeble fellow-worms; my king,… — Charlotte Brontë Lawgiver Captain Copy Share Image
“Mark my words—you will come some day to a craggy pass in the channel, where the whole of life’s stream will be… — Charlotte Brontë Kindlehighlight Copy Share Image
It is always the way of events in this life,...no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting place, than a… — Charlotte Bronte Events Copy Share Image
“You examine me, Miss Eyre", said he. "Do you think me handsome?" I should have deliberated, have replied to this question by… — Charlotte Brontë I love her Copy Share Image
Good fortune opens the hand as well as the heart wonderfully; and to give somewhat when we have largely received, but to… — Charlotte Bronte Fortune Copy Share Image
“What I felt that night, and what I did, I no more expected to feel and do, than to be lifted in… — Charlotte Brontë Courage Copy Share Image
“Not a tie hold me to human society at this moment - not a charm or hope calls me where my fellow-creatures… — Charlotte bronte Hope Copy Share Image
“Are you in earnest? - Do you truly love me? - Do you sincerely wish me to be your wife?' 'I do;… — Charlotte Brontë Marriage Copy Share Image
I have for the first time found what I can truly love–I have found you. You are my sympathy–my better self–my good… — Charlotte Bronte Angel Copy Share Image
“It seemed to me that, were I a gentleman like him, I would take to my bosom only such a wife as… — Charlotte Brontë Happiness Copy Share Image
“I replied that I did not quite know what my ailment had been, but that I had certainly suffered a good deal… — Charlotte Brontë Confidence Copy Share Image
Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and… — Charlotte Bronte Absolutes Copy Share Image
“Eight years! you must be tenacious of life. I thought half the time in such a place would have done up any… — Charlotte Brontë Another world Copy Share Image
“I will, in few words. You are cold, because you are alone: no contact strikes the fire from you that is in… — Charlotte Brontë Charlotte-bronte Copy Share Image
“I do not think the sunny youth of either will prove the forerunner of stormy age. I think it is deemed good… — Charlotte Brontë Fate Copy Share Image
Unheard-of combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules. — Charlotte Bronte Circumstances Copy Share Image
Am I hideous, Jane? Very, sir: you always were, you know. — Charlotte Bronte Hideous Copy Share Image
“Mine was the game where the player cannot lose and may win.” — Charlotte Brontë Football Copy Share Image
Fair as a lily, and not only the pride of life, but the desire of his eyes — Charlotte Bronte Desire Copy Share Image
