Kotiopettajattaren Romaani (jane Eyre)

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

— Charlotte Brontë

“I would always rather be happy than dignified.””

— Charlotte Brontë

“Do you think I am an automaton?”

— Charlotte Brontë

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

— Charlotte Brontë

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.””

— Charlotte Brontë

“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

“I have for the first time found what I can truly love–I have found you. You are my sympathy–my better self–my good angel–I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wrap my existence about you–and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one.””

— Charlotte Brontë

“No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?""They go to hell," was my ready and orthodox answer."And what is hell? Can you tell me that?""A pit full of fire.""And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?""No, sir.""What must you do to avoid it?"I deliberated a moment: my answer, when it did come was objectionable: "I must keep in good health and not die.””

— Charlotte Brontë

“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.””

— Charlotte Brontë