His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.
More Quotes from Anne Bronte:
Their dreams of bliss were not in vain,As they love they are loved again,
And they can bless as they are blessed.
Anne Bronte
All true histories contain instruction though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.
Anne Brontë
Firm and bold my heart shall be:
Fear not though this life is dreary,
I can bear it well for thee.
Anne Bronte
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.
Anne Bronte
To feel my hand so kindly prest,
To know myself beloved at last,
To think my heart has found a rest,
My life of solitude is past!
Anne Bronte
If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.
Anne Bronte
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