“I 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 from Charlotte Brontë
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”
“THE human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the…”
“He made me love him without looking at me.”