A little roving, solitary thing.
("Jane Eyre")
More Quotes from Charlotte Bronte:
I am, as Miss Scatcherd said, slatternly; I seldom put, and certainly never keep, things in order; I am careless; I forget rules; I read when I should learn my lessons; I have no method; and sometimes I say, like you, I cannot bear to be subjected to systematic arrangements.Charlotte Bronte
I know poetry is not dead, nor genius lost; nor has Mammon gained power over either, to bind or slay: they will both assert their existence, their presence, their liberty and strength again one day.
Charlotte Bronte
The prime of life is in his veins,
And sends his blood fast flowing,
And Fancy's fervour warms the thoughts
Now in his bosom glowing.
Charlotte Bronte
And I am a hard woman, -impossible to put off.
Charlotte Bronte
And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame.
Charlotte Bronte
Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing.
Charlotte Bronte
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