“Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one; or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me.”
More from Anne Brontë
“He who dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose.”
“How odd it is that we so often weep for each other’s distresses, when we shed not a tear…”
“Matrimony is a serious thing.”
“Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will…”