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5532430 You never felt jealousy, did you, Miss Eyre? Of course not: I need not ask you; because you never felt love. Charlotte Brontë
60cab34 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 Brontë
bf56c34 One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune; one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise cetain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow. Charlotte Brontë
55d1bba To live amidst general regard, though it be but the regard of working people, is like 'sitting in sunshine, calm and sweet': serene inward feelings bud and bloom under the ray. Charlotte Brontë
ed8b47d While I looked, my inner self moved; my spirit shook its always-fettered wings half loose; I had a sudden feeling as if I, who never yet truly lived, were at last about to taste life. In that morning my soul grew as fast as Jonah's gourd. Charlotte Brontë
8ce0518 Does my forehead not please you - Mr Rochester Charlotte Brontë
7050a12 Of an artistic temperament, I deny that I am; yet I must possess something of the artist's faculty of making the most of present pleasure. present temperament pleasure Charlotte Brontë
3c74ed2 How dare I, Mrs Reed? How dare I? Because it is the truth. You think I have no feelings, and that I can do without one bit of love or kindness; but I cannot live so: and you have no pity. Charlotte Brontë
c42002c Don't talk to me about her, John: I told you not to go near her; she is not worthy of notice; I do not choose that either you or your sisters should associate with her." Here, leaning over the banister, I cried out suddenly, and without at all deliberating on my words-- "They are not fit to associate with me!" Charlotte Brontë
fd85b40 if people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and injust, the wicked people would have it all their own way: they will never be afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should- so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again vengeance Charlotte Brontë
3d7c89a He is not a ghost; yet every nerve I have is unstrung: for a moment I am beyond my own mastery. What does it mean? I did not think I should tremble in this way when I saw him, or lose my voice or the power of motion in his presence. Charlotte Brontë
1526a45 Ogni atomo della sua carne mi e caro come la mia propria; l'amerei malata, l'amerei infelice. Il suo animo e il mio tesoro e anche se si smarrisse continuerebbe ad esserlo. Se delirasse, le mie braccia la tratterrebbero, e non una camicia di forza; una sua stretta, anche se inconsapevole e feroce, mi alletterebbe e anche se lei mi si avventasse addosso furibonda come ha fatto stamane quella donna, l'accoglierei con un abbraccio energico si,.. Charlotte Brontë
7a442e8 I knew I was catching at straws; but in the wide and weltering deep where I found myself, I would have caught at cobwebs. hopelessness hope Charlotte Brontë
e9fd6ad Jane, quedese todavia. No se revuelva como un pajaro hurano que pierde sus plumas contra los alambres de la jaula. --Yo no soy pajaro, ni se me enjaula; soy un ser humano, con una voluntad libre, que ahora ejerzo para separarme de usted. Charlotte Brontë
5701516 My bride is here," he said, again drawing me to him, "because my equal is here, and my likeness. Jane, will you marry me?" Charlotte Brontë
16361c7 A loving eye is all the charm needed: to such you are handsome enough; or rather your sternness has a power beyond beauty. Charlotte Brontë
fc484d2 And yet there were fragments of truth here and there which satisfied the conscience, and gleams of light that cheered the vision. Charlotte Brontë
8397a8e Es inutil decir que los seres humanos deberian estar satisfechos de llevar una vida tranquila; han de tener accion, y si no pueden encontrarla, la provocaran de un modo u otro. (...) Por lo general, se supone que las mujeres son muy tranquilas, pero la verdad es que sienten exactamente lo mismo que los hombres. Necesitan ejercitar sus facultades y el mismo margen de maniobra que sus hermanos varones, padecen cuando se las constrine y se la.. Charlotte Brontë
4fbbaf4 To speak truth, reader, there is no excellent beauty, no accomplished grace, no refinement, without strength as excellent, as complete, as trustworthy. Charlotte Brontë
18a9340 Into the hands of common sense I confided the matter. Common sense, however, was as chilled and bewildered as all my other faculties, and it was only under the spur of an inexorable necessity that she spasmodically executed her trust. Charlotte Brontë
362270f My feet they are sore, and my limbs they are weary; Long is the way, and the mountains are wild; Soon will the twilight close moonless and dreary Over the path of the poor orphan child. Why did they send me so far and so lonely, Up where the moors spread and grey rocks are piled? Men are hard-hearted, and kind angels only Watch o'er the steps of a poor orphan child. Yet distant and soft the night breeze is blowing, Charlotte Brontë
b90d9db I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. Charlotte Brontë
3f2c06f There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. Charlotte Brontë
5e44700 What have I to do with millions [of people]? The eighty I know despise me. Charlotte Brontë
9cc6b17 My bride is here... because my equal is here, and my likeness. Charlotte Brontë
85814fa I can but die... and I believe in God. Let me try and wait His will in silence. Charlotte Brontë
092e997 I have not much pride under such circumstances: I would always rather be happy than dignified. Charlotte Brontë
07045bf God did not give me my life to throw away. Charlotte Brontë
3b3ceb5 Reader, I married him. Charlotte Brontë
48f6865 Liberty lends us her wings and Hope guides us by her star. Charlotte Brontë
d25ad53 What animal magnetism drew thee and me together--I know not. Charlotte Brontë
8aaa596 Novelists should never allow themselves to weary of the study of real life. Charlotte Brontë
c43bb83 Better to be without logic than without feeling. Charlotte Brontë
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