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Charlotte Bronte Quotes

Charlotte Bronte quotes

British Novelist April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855

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Miss Ingram was a mark beneath jealousy: she was too inferior to excite feeling. Pardon the seeming paradox; I mean what I say. She was very showy, but she was not genuine; she had a fine person, many brilliant attainments, but her mind was poor, her heart barren by nature; nothing bloomed spontaneously on that soil; no unforced natural fruit delighted by its freshness. She was not good; she was not original; she used to repeat sounding phrases from books; she never offered, nor had, an... Charlotte Bronte
Not a tie hold me to human society at this moment - not a charm or hope calls me where my fellow-creatures are - none that saw me would have a kind thought or a good wish for me. I have no relative but the universal mother, Nature. Charlotte Bronte
Picture me then idle, basking, plump, and happy, stretched on a cushioned deck, warmed with constant sunshine, rocked by breezes indolently soft. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "with the book on my knee , i was happy ,i feared nothing..."
with the book on my knee , i was happy ,i feared nothing except interruption. Charlotte Bronte
Emily suffers no more from pain or weakness now. She will never suffer more in this world. She is gone after a hard, short conflict...Yes there is no Emily in time or on earth now. Yesterday we put her poor, wasted, mortal frame quietly under the chancel pavement. We are very calm at present. Why shoud we be otherwise? The anguish of seeing her suffer is over; the spectacle of the pains of death is gone by; the funeral day is past. We feel she is at peace. No need now to trouble for the hard... Charlotte Bronte
When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and make every now and then a restless movement, as if answers in speech did not flow fast enough for you, and you wanted to read the tablet of one's heart. Charlotte Bronte
It can never be, sir; it does not sound likely. Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in this world. I was not born for a different destiny to the rest of my species: To imagine such a lot befalling me is a fairy tale - a day-dream. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I liked my name pronounced by your lips in a grateful, happy..."
I liked my name pronounced by your lips in a grateful, happy accent. Charlotte Bronte
Wise people say it is folly to think anybody perfect; and as to likes and dislikes, we should be friendly to all, and worship none Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from..."
I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends! Charlotte Bronte
The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in this world."
Human beings never enjoy complete happiness in this world. Charlotte Bronte
Leaving superiority out of the question, then, you might still agree to receive my orders now and then, without being piqued of hurt but the tone of command-will you?" I smiled. I thought to myself Mr. Rochester is peculiar. He seems to forget that he pays me 30 per annum for receiving his orders. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "make my happiness , i will make yours . let no man prevent me..."
make my happiness , i will make yours . let no man prevent me , i have her and i will keep her. Charlotte Bronte
They will both be happy, and I do not grudge them their bliss; but I groan under my own misery: some of my suffering is very acute. Truly, I ought not to have been born: they should have smothered me at first cry. Charlotte Bronte

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