“The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.”
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…”