“ Care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more I will respect myself. I will keep the law given by God; sanctioned by man. I will hold the principles received by me when I was sane,… Charlotte Bronte
“ Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education they grow firm there, firm as weeds among stones. Charlotte Bronte
“ —Jane, quédese todavía. No se revuelva como un pájaro huraño que pierde sus plumas contra los alambres de la jaula. —Yo no soy pájaro, ni se me enjaula; soy un ser humano, con una voluntad libre, que… Charlotte Bronte
“ What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter? Charlotte Bronte
“ Love me, then, or hate me, as you will, I said at last, you have my full and free forgiveness: ask now for God's, and be at peace. Charlotte Bronte
“ Little Jane's love would have been my best reward, without it, my heart is broken. Charlotte Bronte
“ I sought her eye, desirous to read there the intelligence which I could not discern in her face or hear in her conversation; it was merry, rather small; by turns I saw vivacity, vanity, coquetry, look… Charlotte Bronte
“ ~Do you like him much?~I told you I like him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so very much? He is full of faults.~Is he?~All boys are.~More than girls?~Very likely. Wise people say it is f… Charlotte Bronte
“ It is a long way off, sirFrom what Jane?From England and from Thornfield: and ___Well?From you, sir Charlotte Bronte
“ But afterwards, is there nothing more for me in life - no true home - nothing to be dearer to me than myself? Charlotte Bronte
“ Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition. Charlotte Bronte
“ إنَّه لمن حُسن الطالع أنَّ الزمان يُخمد التوق إلى الإنتقام، ويُسكت حوافز الغيظ والنفور. Charlotte Bronte
“ Why, then, should we ever sink overwhelmed with distress, when life is so soon over, and death is so certain an entrance to happiness – to glory? Charlotte Bronte
“ Some time in the afternoon I raised my head, and looking round and seeing the western sun gilding the sign of its decline on the wall, I asked, What am I to do? But the answer my mind gave--Leave Thor… Charlotte Bronte
“ I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous deligh… Charlotte Bronte
“ But where are you going to, Helen? Can you see? Do you know?-I believe; I have faith: I am going to God.-Where is God? What is God?-My maker and yours, who will never destroy what He created. I rely i… Charlotte Bronte
“ When once more alone, I reviewed the information I had got; looked into my heart, examined its thoughts and feelings, and endeavored to bring back with a strict hand such as had been straying through… Charlotte Bronte
“ The negation of severe suffering was the nearest approach to happiness I expected to know. Besides, I seemed to hold two lives - the life of thought, and that of reality. Charlotte Bronte