“ I had wanted to compromise with Fate: to escape occasional great agonies by submitting to a whole life of privation and small pains. Charlotte Bronte
“ Where my soul went during that swoon I cannot tell. Whatever she saw, or wherever she travelled in her trance on that strange night she kept her own secret; never whispering a word to Memory, and baff… Charlotte Bronte
“ This harsh little man — this pitiless censor — gathers up all your poor scattered sins of vanity, your luckless chiffon of rose- color, your small fringe of a wreath, your small scrap of ribbon, your… Charlotte Bronte
“ I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here. Charlotte Bronte
“ Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life. Charlotte Bronte
“ I knew I was catching at straws; but in the wide and weltering deep where I found myself, I would have caught at cobwebs. Charlotte Bronte
“ Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. Charlotte Bronte
“ Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. Charlotte Bronte
“ Spring drew on...and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps. Charlotte Bronte
“ It is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature; but that it may be done, I know from experience. God has given us, in a measure, the power to make our own fate: and… Charlotte Bronte
“ If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than for our own. Charlotte Bronte
