Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. The sternest-seeming stoic is human… — Charlotte Bronte Boldness Copy Share Image
“A pointed illustration indeed of the old adage that "extremes meet".” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
Thank you, Mr. Rochester, for your great kindness. I am strangely glad to get back again to you: and wherever you are… — Charlotte Bronte Glad Copy Share Image
To the dear eye and eloquent tongue, to the soul made of fire, and the character that bends but does not break...… — Charlotte Bronte Break Copy Share Image
“Who told you I was called Carl David?" "A little bird, Monsieur." "Does it fly from me to you? Then one can… — Charlotte Brontë Charlotte-bronte Copy Share Image
“I see," he said," the mountain will never be brought to Mahomet, so all you can do is to aid Mahomet to… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“This pure little drop from a pure little source was too sweet: it penetrated deep, and subdued the heart” — Charlotte Brontë Drop Copy Share Image
I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close set bars of a cage: a vivid,… — Charlotte Bronte Bars Copy Share Image
“Yet, when this cherished volume was now placed in my hand—when I turned over its leaves, and sought in its marvellous pictures… — Charlotte Brontë Kindlehighlight Copy Share Image
But solitude is sadness.' 'Yes; it is sadness. Life, however, has worse than that. Deeper than melancholy lies heart-break. — Charlotte Bronte Break Copy Share Image
“Human life and human labour were near. I must struggle on: strive to live and bend to toil like the rest.” — Charlotte Brontë Human life Copy Share Image
“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear.… — Charlotte Brontë Love Copy Share Image
“I believe it was an inspiration rather than a temptation” — Charlotte Brontë Inspiration Copy Share Image
“I am, as Miss Scatcherd said, slatternly; I seldom put, and certainly never keep, things in order; I am careless; I forget… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“If Shirley were not an indolent, a reckless, an ignorant being, she would take a pen at such moments, or at least… — Charlotte Brontë Dreams Copy Share Image
“That evening more firmly than ever fastened into my soul the conviction that Fate was of stone, and Hope a false idol… — Charlotte Brontë Spirituality Copy Share Image
“It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make… — Charlotte Brontë Feminism Copy Share Image
I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I delight, and to… — Charlotte Bronte Abyss Copy Share Image
But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of whichhe is not always mastersomething that at times… — Charlotte Brontë Creativity Copy Share Image
“These struggles with the natural character, the strong native bent of the heart, may seem futile and fruitless, but in the end… — Charlotte Brontë Art love Copy Share Image
“She sang, as requested. There was much about love in the ballad: faithful love that refused to abandon its object; love that… — Charlotte Brontë Devotion Copy Share Image
But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well! — Charlotte Bronte Battle Copy Share Image
“Relinquish! What! my vocation? My great work? My foundation laid on earth for a mansion in heaven? My hopes of being numbered… — Charlotte Brontë Ambition Copy Share Image
