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Charlotte Bronte Quotes

Charlotte Bronte quotes

British Novelist April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855

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There is something in that, I know there is, because it does not sound too sweet; it is not like such words as Liberty, Excitement, Enjoyment; delightful sounds truly; but no more than sounds for me; and so hollow and fleeting that it is mere waste of time to listen to them. Charlotte Bronte
When his first-born was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes, as they once were - large, brilliant, and black. Charlotte Bronte
I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal--as we are! Charlotte Bronte
I honour endurance, perseverance, industry, talent; because these are the means by which men achieve great ends and mount to lofty eminence. -St. John Rivers Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "Jane, I never meant to wound you thus...Will you ever forgive..."
Jane, I never meant to wound you thus...Will you ever forgive me?"Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot. Charlotte Bronte
But don't pull me down or strangle me," he replied: for the Misses Eshton were clinging about him now; and the two dowagers, in vast white wrappers, were bearing down on him like ships in full sail. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I was left there alone - winner of the field. It was the..."
I was left there alone - winner of the field. It was the hardest battle I had fought, and the first victory I had gained. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in..."
The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed. Charlotte Bronte
Rochester: "Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation."Jane: "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you. Charlotte Bronte
In the double gloom of trees and fog, I could not see my guide; I could only follow his tread. Not the least fear had I: I believe I would have followed that frank tread, through continual night, to the world's end. Charlotte Bronte
I Believe she thought I had forgotten my station; and yours, sir.''Station! Station!-- your station is in my heart, and on the necks of those who would insult you, now or hereafter. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "Come, Miss Jane, don’t cry,' said Bessie…She might as well..."
Come, Miss Jane, don’t cry,' said Bessie…She might as well have said to the fire, ‘don’t burn! Charlotte Bronte
I found Burns, absorbed, silent, abstracted from all around her by the companionship of a book, which she read by the dim glare of the embers. Charlotte Bronte
I can live alone, if self-respect and circumstances require me to do so. I need not sell my sould to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price. Charlotte Bronte
Reader, do you know, as I do, what terror those cold people can put into the ice of their questions? How much of the fall of the avalanche is in their anger? of the breaking up of the frozen sea in their displeasure? Charlotte Bronte

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