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Charlotte Brontë Quotes

Total quotes: 7
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
Tagged: Independence, Women, Freedom
“Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own; in pain and sickness it would still be dear.”
— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Tagged: Brutally Honest, Love, True Love, Passionate
“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.”
— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Tagged: first lines of books
“I sat down and tried to rest. I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now repose an instant; I was too much excited. A phase of my life was closing tonight, a new one opening tomorrow: impossible to slumber in the interval; I must watch feverishly while the change was being accomplished.”
— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Tagged: Anxiety, what anxiety feels like, anxiety in literature, nervousness, Anticipation, Change, Life
“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul 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 I cannot afford to give.”
— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
Tagged: Single, Alone
“I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.”
— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
Tagged: Jane Eyre, Strong Women, Independent
“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
— Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)
Tagged: Happiness, dignified
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