All Charlotte Bronte Quotes
- I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape, I should have… Beauty
- When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were - large,… Arms
- To talk to each other is but a more animated and an audible thinking. Animated
- After a youth and manhood passed half in unutterable misery and half in dreary solitude, I have for the first time found what I can… Dreary
- I could not help it: the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes. Agitated
- When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a… Always Make
- And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame. Alone
- I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest -- blest beyond… Best
- Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit. Education
- God waits only the separation of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward. Why, then, should we ever sink overwhelmed with distress,… Certain
- I think I must admit so fair a guest when it asks entrance to my heart. Admit
- I knew, you would do me good, in some way, at some time;- I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you: their… Beheld
- Fair as a lily, and not only the pride of life, but the desire of his eyes Desire
- I like to see flowers growing, but when they are gathered, they cease to please. I look on them as things rootless and perishable; their… Cease
- Alas! never had I loved him so well! Alas
- You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own. Entirely
- Jane Eyre "I desired more...than was within my reach. Who blames me? Many call me discontented. I couldn't help it: the restlessness is in my… Agitated
- You need not think that because we chanced to be born of the same parents, I shall suffer you to fasten me down by even… Alone
- I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your… Addresses
- Better to try all things and find all empty, than to try nothing and leave your life a blank. All
- Rochester: "I am no better than the old lightning-struck chestnut-tree in Thornfield orchard…And what right would that ruin have to bid a budding woodbine cover… Ask
- I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy." Mr. Rochester Answer
- 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… Consoles
- To prolong doubt was to prolong hope. Doubt
- If he were insane, however, his was a very cool and collected insanity. Collected