Mr. Rochester, I no more assign this fate to you than I grasp at it for myself. We were born to strive and endure - you as well as I: do so. You will forget me before I forget you. Charlotte Bronte More Quotes by Charlotte Bronte More Quotes From Charlotte Bronte A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life. Charlotte Bronte difficult depressing pages Remorse is the poison of life. Charlotte Bronte remorse regret poison I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine. Charlotte Bronte heartbroken heartbreak break-up I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Charlotte Bronte gender angel integrity Talented people almost always know full well the excellence that is in them. Charlotte Bronte talent excellence people The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely. Charlotte Bronte single lonely loneliness But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well! Charlotte Bronte feminism battle fighting I hold another creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldom mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all; it makes eternity a rest - a mighty home, not a terror and an abyss. Besides, with this creed, I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last; with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low. I live in calm, looking to the end. Charlotte Bronte crush revenge home A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. Charlotte Bronte dream insomnia sleep If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. Charlotte Bronte foundation sake friendship I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends! Charlotte Bronte my-friends i-can enemy Look twice before you leap. Charlotte Bronte women responsibility life Die without me if you will. Live for me if you dare. Charlotte Bronte dare dream love Oh! that gentleness! how far more potent is it than force! Charlotte Bronte gentleness force I sat down and tried to rest. I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now repose an instant; I was too much excited. A phase of my life was closing tonight, a new one opening tomorrow: impossible to slumber in the interval; I must watch feverishly while the change was being accomplished. Charlotte Bronte tonight feet watches Youth has its romance, and maturity its wisdom, as morning and spring have their freshness, noon and summer their power, night and winter their repose. Each attribute is good in its own season. Charlotte Bronte summer spring morning No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. Charlotte Bronte sound happiness world There's no use in weeping, Though we are condemned to part: There's such a thing as keeping, A remembrance in one's heart. Charlotte Bronte remembrance heartbreak use I have little left in myself -- I must have you. The world may laugh -- may call me absurd, selfish -- but it does not signify. My very soul demands you: it will be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame. Charlotte Bronte selfish soul laughing I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Bronte monotonous monotony feels
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