He is not to them what he is to me,' I thought: 'he is not of their kind. I believe he is of mine - I am sure he is - I feel akin to him - I understand the language of his countenance and movements: t...
He is not a ghost; yet every nerve I have is unstrung: for a moment I am beyond my own mastery. What does it mean? I did not think I should tremble in this way when I saw him, or lose my voice or the...
But you know very well you are thinking of another they, and that he is not thinking of you
But I affirm that you are: so much depressed that a few more words would bring tears to your eyes-indeed, they are there now, shining and swimming; and a bead has slipped from the lash and fallen on t...
Are you in earnest? - Do you truly love me? - Do you sincerely wish me to be your wife?''I do; and if an oath is necessary to satisfy you, I swear it.''Then, sir, I will marry you.''Edward - my little...
And if I had loved him less I should have thought his accent and look of exultation savage; but, sitting by him, roused from the nightmare of parting- called to the paradise of union- I thought only o...
. . at eighteen the true narrative of life is yet to becommenced. Before that time we sit listening to a tale, a marvelous fiction, delightful sometimes, and sad sometimes, almost always unreal. Befor...
You may fume and fidget as you please: but this is the best plan to pursue with you, I am certain. I like you
When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were - large, brilliant, and black.
Never, said he, as he ground his teeth, never was anything at onceso frail and so indomitable. A mere reed she feels in my hand! (And heshook me with the force of his hold.) I could bend her with my f...
I like this day; I like that sky of steel; I like thesternness and stillness of the world under this frost.
I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.
Estoy segura de que nunca confundiré la falta de buenas formas con la insolencia. Lo primero me parece bien; a lo segundo, ningún ser humano nacido libre debe someterse, ni siquiera por un sueldo.
Courage, Lucy Snowe! With self-denial and economy now, and steady exertion by-and-by, an object in life need not fail you. Venture not to complain that such an object is too selfish, too limited, and...
And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down.
A loving eye is all the charm needed: to such you are handsome enough; or rather your sternness has a power beyond beauty.
You think too much of the love of human beings; you are too impulsive, too vehement: the sovereign hand that created your frame, and put life into it, has provided you with other resources than your f...
And she held out a pretty gold ring. 'Put it,' she said, 'on the fourth finger of my left hand, and I am yours and you are mine; and we shall leave Earth and make our own Heaven yonder.'
Mr. Rochester continued to be blind the first two years of our union; perhaps it was that circumstance that drew us so very near -- that knit us so very close; for I was then his vision, as I am still...
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 tranquil which had failed me, but the reason for tranquility was no more.