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Charlotte Bronte Quotes: For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial.
         

For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial.


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

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



The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.

The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.



A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.



Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!



Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.

Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.



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

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



The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.



Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.



God did not give me my life to throw it away.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.



What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.





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