Anne Bronte Quotes

But smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings: I often cry when I am happy, and smile when I am sad.

I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.

My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.

Because the road is rough and long, Should we despise the skylark's song?

There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise.

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

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.

Life and hope must cease together.

Farewell to Thee! But not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of Thee; Within my heart they still shall dwell And they shall cheer and comfort me.

You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.

Increase of love brings increase of happiness, when it is mutual, and pure as that will be.

There is always a but in this imperfect world.

Keep guard over your eyes and ears as the inlets of your heart, and over your lips as the outlets, lest they betray you in a moment of unwariness.

It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.

And why should he interest himself at all in my moral and intellectual capacities: what is it to him what I think and feel?' I asked myself. And my heart throbbed in answer to the question.

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.

He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly

What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.

Are you hero enough to unite yourself to one whom you know to be suspected and despised by all around you, and identify your interests and your honor with hers?

It is a hard, embittering thing to have one's kind feelings and good intentions cast back in one's teeth.

My cup of sweets is not unmingled: it is dashed with a bitterness that I cannot hide from myself, disguise it as I will.

What business had I to think so much of one that never thought of me?

If ever I am a mother I will zealously strive against this crime of over- indulgence. I can hardly give it a milder name when I think of the evils it brings.

You might as well sell yourself to slavery at once, as marry man you dislike.

God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.

Then, you must fall each into your proper place. You'll do your business, and she, if she's worthy of you, will do hers; but it's your business to please yourself, and hers to please you.

No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.

Thank heaven, I am free and safe at last!

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.

Intimate acquaintance must precede real friendship

Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.

if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation

How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!

Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear?

I cannot get him to write or speak in real, solid earnest. I don't much mind it now, but if it be always so, what shall I do with the serious part of myself?

The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live.

the best compliment to a mother is to appreciate her little one.

I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.

Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.

Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.

The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments

I am truly miserable - more so than I like to acknowledge to myself. Pride refuses to aid me. It has brought me into the scrape, and will not help me out of it.

To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.

If the generous ideas of youth are too often over- clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false