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Charlotte Bronte Quotes

Charlotte Bronte quotes

British Novelist April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855

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Charlotte Bronte quote: "I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the..."
I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye."
I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye. Charlotte Bronte
The charm of variety there was not, nor the excitement of incident; but I liked peace so well, and sought stimulus so little, that when the latter came I almost felt it a disturbance, and rather still wished it had held aloof. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "Ill-Success failed to crush us: the mere effort to succeed had..."
Ill-Success failed to crush us: the mere effort to succeed had given a wonderful zest to existence; it must be pursued. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "His veins were dark with a vivid belladonna tincture, the..."
His veins were dark with a vivid belladonna tincture, the essence of jealousy. Charlotte Bronte
Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I soon forgot storm in music."
I soon forgot storm in music. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "You examine me Miss Eyre, ” said he: “Do you think me handsome?"
You examine me Miss Eyre, ” said he: “Do you think me handsome? Charlotte Bronte
It was the strain of a forsaken lady, who after bewailing the perfidy of her lover, calls her pride to her aid, desires her attendant to deck her in her brightest jewels and richest robes and resolves to meet the false one that night at the ball, and prove to him, by the gaiety of her demeanor, how little his desertion has affected her. Charlotte Bronte
His idea was still with me, because it was not a vapor sunshine could disperse, nor a sand-traced effigy storms could wash away; it was a name graven on a tablet, fated to last as long as the marble it inscribed. The craving to know what had become of him followed me everywhere. Charlotte Bronte
I would have got past Mr. Rochester's chamber without pause; but my heart momentarily stopping its beat at that threshold, my foot was forced to stop also. No sleep was there: the inmate was walking restlessly from wall to wall; and again and again he sighed while I listened. There was a heaven-a temporary heaven-in this room for me if I chose. Charlotte Bronte
Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls! Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain..."
Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain and sickness it would still be dear. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded..."
I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations. Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte quote: "We should acknowledge God merciful, but not always for us..."
We should acknowledge God merciful, but not always for us comprehensible. Charlotte Bronte

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