All Charlotte Bronte Quotes
- Because when she failed, I saw how she might have succeeded. Arrows that continually glanced off from Mr. Rochester's breast and fell harmless at his… Arrows
- The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator. Eagerness
- Wise people say it is folly to think anybody perfect; and as to likes and dislikes, we should be friendly to all, and worship none All
- There is a perverse mood of the mind which is rather soothed than irritated by misconstruction; and in quarters where we can never be rightly… Casually
- I would not be you for a kingdom.' The remark was too naïve to rouse anger; I merely said - 'Very good.' 'And what would… Anger
- His mind was indeed my library, and whenever it was opened to me, I entered bliss. Bliss
- I mean that I value vision, and dread being struck stone blind. Blind
- But solitude is sadness.' 'Yes; it is sadness. Life, however, has worse than that. Deeper than melancholy lies heart-break. Break
- ... and she held out a pretty gold ring. 'Put it,' she said, 'on the fourth finger of my left hand, and I am yours… Earth
- I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds. Give me back nine pounds, Jane; I’ve a use for it.' 'And… Account
- Would you not be happier if you tried to forget her severity, together with the passionate emotions it excited? Life appears to me too short… Animosity
- I could not unlove him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me. Ceased
- Rochester: I am to take mademoiselle to the moon, and there I shall seek a cave in one of the white valleys among the volcano-tops,… Among
- Am I hideous, Jane? Very, sir: you always were, you know. Funny
- Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul… Beauty
- He was the first to recognise me, and to love what he saw. Firsts
- Rochester: My bride is here, because my equal is here, and my likeness. Jane, will you marry me? Bride
- Well had Solomon said,'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Better
- Such is the imperfect nature of man! such spots are there on the disc of the clearest planet; and eyes like Miss Scatcherd's can only… Blind
- My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven. He stood between me and… Becoming
- It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be… Failed
- I sat down and tried to rest. I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now repose an instant;… Accomplished
- [O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine. Beam
- It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer. Always Answer
- As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I daresay it would… Affection