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Charlotte Bronte Quotes

Charlotte Bronte quotes

British Novelist April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855

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There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?"Are you a young lady?"I am a thousand times better: I am an honest woman, and as such I will be treated. Charlotte Bronte
Well, my insane inconsistency had its reward. Instead of the comfort, the certain satisfaction, I might have won - could I but have put choking panic down, and stood for two minutes - here was dead blank, dark doubt and drear suspense. I took my wages to my pillow, and passed the night counting them. Charlotte Bronte
Speak," he urged. "What about, sir?" "Whatever you like. I leave both the choice of subject and the manner of treating it entirely to yourself." Accordingly I sat and said nothing. "If he expects me to talk, for the mere sake of talking and showing off, he will find he has addressed himself to the wrong person," I thought. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "she is in a world of private dreams , not here with us !"
she is in a world of private dreams , not here with us ! Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I am only bound to invoke Memory where I know her responses..."
I am only bound to invoke Memory where I know her responses will possess some degree of interest. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "It is time some one undertook to rehumanise you"
It is time some one undertook to rehumanise you Charlotte Bronte
I verily believe all that is desirable on earth--wealth, reputation, love--will for ever to you be the ripe grapes on the high trellis: you'll look up at them; they will tantalize in you the lust of the eye; but they are out of reach: you have not the address to fetch a ladder, and you'll go away calling them sour. Charlotte Bronte
Children can feel, but they cannot analyse their feelings; and if the analysis is partially effected in thought, they know not how to express the result of the process in words. Charlotte Bronte
On its third rising only a portion of the drawing-room was disclosed; the rest being concealed by a screen, hung with some sort of dark and coarse drapery. The marble basin was removed; in its place, stood a deal table and a kitchen chair: these objects were visible by a very dim light proceeding from a horn lantern, the wax candles being all extinguished. Charlotte Bronte
And if I let a gust of wind or a sprinkling of rain turn me aside from these easy tasks, what preparation would such sloth be for the future I propose to myself? Charlotte Bronte
Human feelings are queer things -- I am much happier -- black-leading the stove's -- making the beds and sweeping the floors at home, than I should be living like a fine lady anywhere else. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was..."
I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much. Charlotte Bronte
One lies there," I thought, "who will soon be beyond the war of earthly elements. Whither will that spirit -- now struggling to quit its material tenement -- flit when at length released? Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon,..."
I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here. Charlotte Bronte
Her grave is in Brocklebridge Churchyard: for fifteen years after her death it was only covered by a grassy mound; but now a gray marble tablet marks the spot, inscribed with her name, and the word 'Resurgam'. Charlotte Bronte

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