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Only Quotes by Charlotte Bronte
- You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable…
- I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand - they only. Know this at last.
- I don't wish to treat you like an inferior: that is (correcting himself), I claim only such superiority as must result from twenty years' difference…
- No severe or prolonged bodily illness followed this incident of the red-room: it only gave my nerves a shock, of which I feel the reverberation…
- Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust,…
- Thank you, Mr. Rochester, for your great kindness. I am strangely glad to get back again to you: and wherever you are is my home—my…
- I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an…
- To women who please me only by their faces, I am the very devil when I find out they have neither souls nor hearts —…
- I know I must conceal my sentiments: I must smother hope; I must remember that he cannot care much for me. For when I say…
- There is, I am convinced, no picture that conveys in all its dreadfulness, a vision of sorrow, despairing, remediless, supreme. If I could paint such…
- 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,…
- Fair as a lily, and not only the pride of life, but the desire of his eyes
- To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have…
- I would not be you for a kingdom.' The remark was too naïve to rouse anger; I merely said - 'Very good.' 'And what would…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- [O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine.
- I am very happy, Jane; and when you hear that I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve: there is nothing to grieve…
- I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations.
- So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence. You are…
- A waft of wind came sweeping down the laurel-walk, and trembled through the boughs of the chestnut: it wandered away-away-to an indefinite distance-it died. The…
- My rest might have been blissful enough, only a sad heart broke it.
- I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil…
- There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.
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