“ A man is master of himself to a certain point, but not beyond it. -William Crimsworth Charlotte Bronte
“ Besides this earth, and besides the race of men, there is an invisible world and a kingdom of spirits: that world is around us, for it is everywhere. Charlotte Bronte
“ Je fais mon lit et mon ménage; I seek my dinner in a restaurant; my supper takes care, of itself; I pass days laborious and loveless; nights long and lonely; I am ferocious, and bearded and monkish; a… Charlotte Bronte
“ Belgium! name unromantic and unpoetic, yet name that whenever uttered has in my ear a sound, in my heart an echo, such as no other assemblage of syllables, however sweet or classic, can produce. Belgi… Charlotte Bronte
“ Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment:is it not? Charlotte Bronte
“ An extraordinary dream by lord charles wellesley. (Charlotte Bronte)'In this slumber i thought i was walking on the banks of a river... Which murmered over small pebbles at the bottom, gleaming like c… Charlotte Bronte
“ Oh, I am so sick of the young men of the present day!” exclaimed she, rattling away at the instrument. “Poor, puny things, not fit to stir a step beyond papa’s park gates: nor to go even so far withou… Charlotte Bronte
“ Men, in general, are a sort of scum, very different to anything of which you have an idea. Charlotte Bronte
“ Having a large world of his own in his own head and heart, he tolerated confinement to a small, still corner of the real world very patiently. Charlotte Bronte
“ And who cares for imagination? Who does not think it a rather dangerous, senseless attribute, akin to weakness, perhaps partaking of frenzy - a disease rather than a gift of the mind?Probably all thin… Charlotte Bronte
“ You have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and a faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose then, your heart has been weeping blood? Charlotte Bronte
“ . . . if there was a hope of comfort for any moment, the heart or head of no human being in this house could yield it . . . Charlotte Bronte
“ He turned away; he threw himself on his face on the sofa. 'Oh, Jane! my hope - my love - my life!' broke in anguish from his lips. Charlotte Bronte
“ My sister Emily first declined. The details of her illness are deep-branded in my memory, but to dwell on them, either in thought or narrative, is not in my power. Never in all her life had she linger… Charlotte Bronte
“ The house cleared, I shut myself in, fastened the bolt that none might intrude, and proceeded—not to weep, not to mourn, I was yet too calm for that, but—mechanically to take off the wedding dress, an… Charlotte Bronte
“ Jane, I never meant to wound you thus...Will you ever forgive me?"Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot. Charlotte Bronte
“ Divine justice pursued its course; disasters came thick on me: I was forced to pass through the valley of the shadow of death. His chastisements are mighty; and one smote me which has humbled me for e… Charlotte Bronte
“ Where the bodily presence is weak and the speech contemptible, surely there cannot be error in making written language the medium of better utterance than faltering lips can achieve? Charlotte Bronte
“ One suffers in silence so long as one has the strength and when that strength fails one speaks without measuring one's words much. Charlotte Bronte