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Anne Bronte Quotes

Anne Bronte quotes

British Novelist January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849

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That wish - that prayer - both men and women would have scorned me for - "But, Father, Thou wilt not despise!" I said, and felt that it was true. Anne Bronte
There is such a thing as looking through a person's eyes into the heart, and learning more of the height, and breadth, and depth of another's soul in one hour than it might take you a lifetime to discover, if he or she were not disposed to reveal it, or if you had not the sense to understand it. Anne Bronte
Two years hence you will be as calm as I am now, - and far, far happier, I trust, for you are a man and free to act as you please Anne Bronte
[B]eauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor. Anne Bronte
She, however, attentively watched my looks, and her artist's pride was gratified, no doubt, to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes. Anne Bronte
The human heart is like india-rubber; a little swells it, but a great deal will not burst it. If "little more than nothing will disturb it, little less than all things will suffice" to break it. As in the outer members of our frame, there is a vital power inherent in itself that strengthens it against external violence. Every blow that shakes it will serve to harden it against a future stroke; as constant labour thickens the skin of the hand, and strengthens its muscles instead of wasting... Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must..."
If you would really study my pleasure, mother, you must consider your own comfort and convenience a little more than you do. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "It is natural for our unamiable sex to dislike the creatures,..."
It is natural for our unamiable sex to dislike the creatures, for you ladies lavish so many caresses upon them. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are..."
Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my..."
What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self. Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte quote: "All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both..."
All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise. Anne Bronte
I tried to cheer her up, and apparently succeeded in some degree, before the walk was over; but in the very act my conscience reproved me, knowing, as I did, that, sooner or later, the tie must be broken, and this was only nourishing false hopes and putting off the evil day. Anne Bronte
Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one; or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me. Anne Bronte
I thought Mr. Millward never would cease telling us that he was no tea-drinker, and that it was highly injurious to keep loading the stomach with slops to the exclusion of more wholesome sustenance, and so give himself time to finish his fourth cup. Anne Bronte
And why should he interest himself at all in my moral and intellectual capacities: what is it to him what I think and feel?' I asked myself. And my heart throbbed in answer to the question. Anne Bronte

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