“ I am strangely glad to get back again to you: and wherever you are is my home--my only home. Charlotte Bronte
“ Hopeless of the future, I wished but this- that my Maker had that night thought good to require my soul of me while I slept; and that this weary frame, absolved by death from further conflict with fat… Charlotte Bronte
“ Why don't you tremble? I'm not cold. Why don't you turn pale? I am not sick. Why don't you consult my art? I'm not silly.The old crone nichered a laugh under her bonnet and bandage; she then drew out… Charlotte Bronte
“ Strange that grief should now almost choke me, because another human being's eye has failed to greet mine. Charlotte Bronte
“ 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, and mademoiselle shall live with me there, and only me. Charlotte Bronte
“ My world had for some years been Lowood: my experience had been of its rules and systems; now I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and e… Charlotte Bronte
“ My fine visions are all very well, but I must not forget they are absolutely unreal. I have a rosy sky and a green flowery Eden in my brain; but without, I am perfectly aware, lies at my feet a rough… Charlotte Bronte
“ Left alone, I was passive; repulsed, I withdrew; forgotten — my lips would not utter, nor my eyes dart a reminder. Charlotte Bronte
“ It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you. Charlotte Bronte
“ If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem! Charlotte Bronte
“ I will attire my Jane in satin and lace, and she shall have roses in her hair and I will cover the head I love best with a priceless veil.''And then you won't know me, sir, and I shall not be your Jan… Charlotte Bronte
“ I verily believe all that is desirable on earth--wealth, reputation, love--will for ever to you be the ripe grapes on the high trellis: you'll look up at them; they will tantalize in you the lust of t… Charlotte Bronte
“ I often think it would be such luxury to go mad, and not have to worry about anything. Others would have to worry for me, about me. Charlotte Bronte
“ I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you. Charlotte Bronte
“ Absolutely, sir! Oh, you need not be jealous! I wanted to tease you a little to make you less sad: I thought anger would be better than grief. But if you wish me to love you, could you but see how muc… Charlotte Bronte