Shake me off, then, sir–push me away; for I’ll not leave you of my own accord.
CHARLOTTE BRONTEI 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.
More Charlotte Bronte Quotes
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For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial.
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That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure.
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All my heart is yours, sir: it belongs to you; and with you it would remain, were fate to exile the rest of me from your presence forever.
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I mentally shake hands with you for your answer, despite its inaccuracy.” Mr. Rochester
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I am anchored on a resolve you cannot shake. My heart, my conscience shall dispose of my hand – they only. Know this at last.
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Remorse is the poison of life.
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I mean that I value vision, and dread being struck stone blind.
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What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.
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You transfix me quite.
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I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it impossible to be conventional with you
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Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation.
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He was the first to recognise me, and to love what he saw.
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There is nothing I fear so much as idleness, the want of occupation, inactivity, the lethargy of the faculties; when the body is idle, the spirit suffers painfully.
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It is a pity that doing one’s best does not always answer.
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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!
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