Anne Bronte Quotes

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

  Anne Bronte

  Courage, Flower, Rose

  Anne Brontë, “The Narrow Way”

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

  Anne Bronte

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

  Anne Bronte

  Strength, Exercise, Talent

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

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

  Anne Bronte

  Hate, Sin, Salvation

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.170, Diversion Books

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

  Anne Bronte

  Nature, Sunshine, Light

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.139, 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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• There is always a but in this imperfect world.

  Anne Bronte

  Imperfect World, Imperfection, A Perfect World

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.257, ReadHowYouWant.com

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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.

  Anne Bronte

  Life, Feelings, Tears

  Anne Bronte (2009). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.185, 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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• How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!

  Anne Bronte

  Tears, Odd, Distress

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.310, Diversion Books

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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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• The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.

  Anne Bronte

  Ties, May, Imagine

  Anne Bronte (2012). “Agnes Grey”, p.85, Courier Corporation

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• 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.

  Anne Bronte

  Adversity, Eye, World

  Anne Bronte (2012). “Agnes Grey”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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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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• I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be, written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man.

  Anne Bronte

  Sex, Book, Writing

  "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". Book by Anne Bronte (under the pseudonym "Acton Bell"), Preface to the 2nd edition, July 22, 1848.

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• I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.

  Anne Bronte

  Men, Protect

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• You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.

  Anne Bronte

  Clay, Stones

  Anne Bronte (2012). “Agnes Grey”, p.40, Courier Corporation

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• To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.

  Anne Bronte

  Command

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.257, Diversion Books

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• 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.

  Anne Bronte

  Men, Quality, Next

  Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.150, 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.

  Anne Bronte

  Air, Wind, Sea

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

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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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