Books Quote by Charlotte Brontë

“You have been abroad then?” said Henry, a little surprised. “Oh! No, I only mean what I have read about. It always puts me…

— Jane Austen

“Emma was just like any other mistress; and the charm of novelty, falling down slowly like a dress, exposed only the eternal monotony of…

— Gustave Flaubert

“Harry went closer and could see she was attractive. And there was something about the relaxed way she spoke, the way she looked him…

— Jo Nesbø

“Actually to discover that Mr. Knightley is a gentleman! I doubt whether he will return the compliment, and discover her to be a lady…

— Jane Austen

“Helena silently put down the phone and tiptoed to the bathroom door. What should she do? Run? Knock? Walk in? Get naked? And…how should…

— Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

“Hurrying forward, he opened the door a crack to see Little Willy lumbering down the stairs. The man was a giant. His fists were…

— Lynsay Sands

“...but now the love of Charles for Emma seemed to her a desertion from her tenderness, an encroachment upon what was hers, and she…

— Gustave Flaubert

“You're after my sister's money." "You see no other reason for me to seek the company of Lady Georgina?" "I--" "I wonder if you…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“How could any woman be more charming? Thomas turned weightless as he watched Eliza and Kitty walk side-by-side several paces ahead of him, whispering…

— Amber Lynn Perry

“He imagined that he stood near Emma in a wide land and, humbly and in tears, bent and kissed the elbow of her sleeve.”

— James Joyce

“Thomas stood in the doorway like a chunk of useless iron, unable to take his gaze off the two women until they entered the…

— Amber Lynn Perry

“She had a right to his arm, though it was without feeling. He would give her, who was so simple, so impulsive, only twenty-four,…

— Virginia Woolf