Appeals Quote by Charlotte Bronte
“Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. May you never appeal to Heaven in prayers so hopeless and so agised as in that hour left my lips: for never may you, like me, dread to be the instrument of evil to what you wholly love.”
About This Quote
Source Novel: Jane Eyre, 1847
A plea for the reader to avoid the deep suffering and moral conflict the author endured.
In simple terms: Avoid deep emotional pain and moral dread.
Key Takeaway
Seek peace and avoid becoming a tool of harm.
Themes
suffering
morality
empathy
Mood
melancholy
reflective
Type
literary
emotive
When to use this quote
- personal loss
- spiritual crisis
- relationships
Key Concepts
existential anguish
ethical conflict
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you protect yourself from overwhelming grief?
- Can one fully avoid moral dilemmas?
A Different Perspective
The intensity of feeling may be necessary for growth.
