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

  Anne Bronte

  Book, World, Great Book

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.

  Anne Bronte

  Men, Protect

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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 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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• A man must have something to grumble about; and if he cant complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.

  Anne Bronte

  Kindness, Men, Wife

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.43, 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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• 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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• 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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• Life and hope must cease together.

  Anne Bronte

  Together, Cease

  Anne Bronte (2006). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.38, ReadHowYouWant.com

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

  Anne Bronte

  Heart, Hands, Reason

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

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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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• 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?

  Anne Bronte

  Hero, Honor, Enough

  Anne Bronte (2017). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”, p.100, Litres

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