“ Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. Charlotte Bronte
“ The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed. Charlotte Bronte
“ No reflection was to be allowed now, not one glance was to be cast back; not even one forward. Not one thought was to be given either to the past or the future. The first was a page so heavenly sweet,… Charlotte Bronte
“ I know my maker sanctions what I do. For the world's judgement - I wash my hands thereof. For man's opinion- I defy it Charlotte Bronte
“ As I exclaimed 'Jane! Jane! Jane!' a voice- I cannot tell whence the voice came, but I know whose voice it was- replied, 'I am coming: wait for me;' and a moment after, went whispering on the wind the… Charlotte Bronte
“ A strong, vague persuasion that it was better to go forward than backward, and that I could go forward— that a way, however narrow and difficult, would in time open— predominated over other feelings:… Charlotte Bronte
“ It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Charlotte Bronte
“ I think if Eternity held torment, its form would not be fiery rack, nor its nature, despair. I think that on a certain day amongst those days which never dawned, and will not set, an angel entered Had… Charlotte Bronte
“ I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest -- blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is min… Charlotte Bronte
“ I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all; it makes eternity a rest - a mighty home, not a… Charlotte Bronte
“ Do you think me, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? Charlotte Bronte
“ As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I daresay it would be silent on much the heart experiences. Mobile and flexible, it was… Charlotte Bronte
“ It is madness in al women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and, if discovered and responded to, must lead into miry wilds… Charlotte Bronte
“ If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. Charlotte Bronte
“ I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blessed. Charlotte Bronte
“ I believed in the existence of other and more vivid kinds of goodness, and what I believed in I wished to behold. Who blames me? Many, no doubt: and I shall be called discontented. I could not help it… Charlotte Bronte
“ You never felt jealousy, did you, Miss Eyre? Of course not: I need not ask you; because you never felt love. Charlotte Bronte
“ Who told you I was called Carl David? A little bird, Monsieur. Does it fly from me to you? Then one can tie a message under its wing when needful. Charlotte Bronte
“ It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and… Charlotte Bronte
