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It is a pity that doing one’s best does not always answer.

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!
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Addresses Feet Talk
A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life.
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Depressing Difficult Page
I am no bird and no net ensnares me
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Bird Country Ensnare Person
That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure.
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Affection First Foundation
Adversity is a good school.
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Adversity School Trouble
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
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Foundation Friendship Sake
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.
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Reason Strikes Struck
He was the first to recognise me, and to love what he saw.
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First Recognise Saw
I seem to have gathered up a stray lamb in my arms: you wandered out of the fold to seek your shepherd, did you, Jane?
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Arms Lamb Shepherd
You — you strange — you almost unearthly thing! — I love as my own flesh. You — poor and obscure, and small and plain as you are — I entreat to accept me as a husband.
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Flesh Husband Love Thing
Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice.
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Flirt Flirty Sex Trade
Better to be without logic than without feeling.
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Feel Life Logic Thinking
You transfix me quite.
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Innovation Quite Transfix
I could not answer the ceaseless inward question-why I thus suffered; now, at the distance of-I will not say how many years, I see it clearly.
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Distance Understanding Year
I have no wish to talk nonsense.” “If you did, it would be in such a grave, quiet manner, I should mistake it for sense.
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Grave Mistake Talk Wish
I have no wish to talk nonsense.” “If you did, it would be in such a grave, quiet manner, I should mistake it for sense.
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Grave Mistake Quiet Wish

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