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Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics)

Charlotte Brontë's moving masterpiece – the novel that has been "teaching true strength of character for generations" (The Guardian) A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its d

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Charlotte Brontë (12)

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Pleasure Over Ethics, Happy, Finding What Makes You Happy

“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Crying, Feelings, emotions, alive

“I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Self-Respect, Independence

“This girl who stands so quiet and grave at the mouth of hell. This girl who is all quietness and sanity and innocence. You wondered why I wanted her?”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Desire, proud, Love and Affection, Special Someone

“I loved him very much - more than I could trust myself to say - more than words had power to express.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: love quotes, Romantic Gestures, Affectionate

“Sometimes I have the strangest feeling about you. Especially when you are near me as you are now. It feels as though I had a string tied here under my left rib where my heart is, tightly knotted to you in a similar fashion. And when you go, with all that distance between us, I am afraid that this co…”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, romance, Relationship

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Literature Quotes, Literary Quotes, Literature

“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.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Jane Eyre, Strong Women, Independent

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Jane Eyre, Strong Women, Independent

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness, dignified

“I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Single, Alone

“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”

— Charlotte Brontë, amazon.com

Tagged: Independence, Women, Freedom