To you I am neither Man nor Woman--I come before you as Author only--it is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgement.
("Jane Eyre")
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I would always rather be happy than dignified.Charlotte Bronte
Every good, true, vigorous feeling I have gathers impulsively round him. I know I must conceal my sentiments: I must smother hope; I must remember that he cannot care much for me. For when I say that I am of his kind, I do not mean that I have his force to influence, and his spell to attract; I mean only that I have certain tastes and feelings in common with him. I must, then, repeat continually that we are for ever sundered- and yet, while I breath and think, I must love him
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My rest might have been blissful enough, only a sad heart broke it.
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The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.
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Look twice before you leap.
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If he were insane, however, his was a very cool and collected insanity.
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