Anne Bronte Quotes

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

  Anne Bronte

  World

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.120, Diversion Books

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• 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

  Love, Son, Hands

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.39, Diversion Books

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

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  Courage, Flower, Rose

  Anne Brontë, “The Narrow Way”

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• 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.

  Anne Bronte

  Good Night, Dream, Eye

  Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte (2012). “The Bronte Sisters: Selected Poems”, p.110, Routledge

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

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  Nature, Sunshine, Light

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.139, Diversion Books

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

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  Strength, Exercise, Talent

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.232, Diversion Books

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

  Anne Bronte

  Book, World, Great Book

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• I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.

  Anne Bronte

  Men, Protect

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

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  Healing, Wings, Soul

  1846 'Line Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day', in Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.

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• 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.

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  Life, Feelings, Tears

  Anne Bronte (2009). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.185, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Anne Bronte

  Song, Long, Should

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• I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.

  Anne Bronte

  Sorry, Selfish, Men

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.691, Penguin

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• You need not fear me, for I not only should think it wrong to marry a man that was deficient in sense or in principle, but I should never be tempted to do it; for I could not like him, if he were ever so handsome, and ever so charming, in other respects; I should hate him—despise him—pity him—anything but love him. My affections not only ought to be founded on approbation, but they will and must be so: for, without approving, I cannot love. It is needless to say, I ought to be able to respect and honour the man I marry, as well as love him, for I cannot love him without.

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  Hate, Men, Thinking

  Anne Bronte (2009). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.211, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• 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.

  Anne Bronte

  Cheer, Farewell, Heart

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.211, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

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  Heart, Hands, Reason

  Anne Bronte (2009). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Easyread Large Edition”, p.188, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• He is very fond of me, almost too fond. I could do with less caressing and more rationality. I should like to be less of a pet and more of a friend, if I might choose; but I won't complain of that: I am only afraid his affection loses in depth where it gains in ardour. I sometimes liken it to a fire of dry twigs and branches compared with one of solid coal, very bright and hot; but if it should burn itself out and leave nothing but ashes behind.

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  Fire, Pet, Depth

  Anne Bronte (2009). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.301, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Anne Bronte

  Increase, Mutual, Pure

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.442, Diversion Books

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• No one can be happy in eternal solitude.

  Anne Bronte

  Solitude, Eternal

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.68, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• And then, the unspeakable purity - and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee.

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  Air, Wind, Sea

  Anne Bronte (1859). “Agnes Grey”, p.194, Library of Alexandria

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• The bud, though plucked, would not be withered, only transplanted to a fitter soil to ripen and blow beneath a brighter sun; and though I might not cherish and watch my child's unfolding intellect, he would be snatched away from all the suffering and sins of earth; and my understanding tells me this would be no great evil; but my heart shrinks from the contemplation of such a possibility, and whispers I could not bear to see him die.

  Anne Bronte

  Children, Heart, Blow

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• I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should make the first advances, or at least show some signs of an humble and contrite spirit, first; for, if I began, it would only minister to his self-conceit, increase his arrogance, and quite destroy the lesson I wanted to give him.

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  Humble, Self, Giving

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.270, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things to be considered. Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection, that though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear. Marriage may change your circumstances for the better, but, in my private opinion, it is far more likely to produce a contrary result.

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  Heart, Reflection, Hands

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.156, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Anne Bronte

  Feelings, Teeth, Good Intentions

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.91, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Anne Bronte

  Doubt, Painful, Sincerity

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

  Anne Bronte

  Husband, Lovers, Prove

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.178, ReadHowYouWant.com

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