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

Charlotte Bronte

Giving, Give Me

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.336, Penguin

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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

Happiness, Sound, World

"Villette". Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition,

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It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.

Charlotte Bronte

Hate, Overcoming, Violence

Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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Die without me if you will. Live for me if you dare.

Charlotte Bronte

Love, Dream, Dare

Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Shirley: Easyread Edition”, p.412, ReadHowYouWant.com

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To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only.

Charlotte Bronte

Men, International Women's Day

"Jane Eyre".

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But life is a battle: may we all be enabled to fight it well!

Charlotte Bronte

Fighting, Feminism, Battle

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Rapidly, merrily, Life's sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily Enjoy them as they fly!

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Sunny, Hours, Enjoy

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2014). “Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell”, p.54, The Floating Press

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Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes.

Charlotte Bronte

Forget, Fortune, Forsake

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.243, Penguin

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That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure.

Charlotte Bronte

Foundation, Firsts, Affection

Charlotte Bronte (2010). “Shirley and The Professor”, p.749, Everyman's Library

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Adversity is a good school.

Charlotte Bronte

School, Adversity, Trouble

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Let your performance do the thinking.

Charlotte Bronte

Inspirational, Thinking, Action

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Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.

Charlotte Bronte

Happiness, Taste, Life And Happiness

"Editor's letter August 13" by Justine Picardie, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 27, 2013.

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I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations.

Charlotte Bronte

Mind, Want, Easy

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.220, Penguin

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Great pains were taken to hide chains with flowers

Charlotte Bronte

Pain, Flower, Taken

Charlotte Bronte (2016). “Villette”, p.126, Xist Publishing

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I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep.

Charlotte Bronte

Believe, Sunshine, Life Is

Charlotte Bronte (2016). “Villette”, p.350, Xist Publishing

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I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.

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Integrity, Angel, Gender

Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

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Life is still life, whatever its pangs; our eyes and ears and their use remain with us, though the prospect of what pleases be wholly withdrawn, and the sound of what consoles must be silenced.

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Eye, Ears, Sound

Charlotte Bronte (2016). “Villette”, p.264, Xist Publishing

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Look twice before you leap.

Charlotte Bronte

Life, Women, Responsibility

Charlotte Bronte (2010). “Shirley and The Professor”, p.158, Everyman's Library

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Propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means.

Charlotte Bronte

Mean, Principles, Propensity

Charlotte Bronte (2013). “Jane Eyre”, p.446, Simon and Schuster

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So you shun me? - you shut yourself up and grieve alone! I would rather you had come and upbraided me with vehemence. You are passionate: I expected a scene of some kind. I was prepared for the hot rain of tears; only I wanted them to be shed on my breast: now a senseless floor has received them, or your drenched handkerchief. But I err: you have not wept at all! I see a white cheek and faded eye, but no trace of tears. I suppose, then, that your heart has been weeping blood?

Charlotte Bronte

Rain, Eye, Heart

Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Jane Eyre: Easyread Edition”, p.118, ReadHowYouWant.com

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You are human and fallible.

Charlotte Bronte

Humans

Charlotte Bronte (2014). “The Complete Works Of Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor”, p.189, Harper Collins

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The man of regular life and rational mind never despairs.

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Men, Worry, Mind

Charlotte Bronte (2009). “The Professor: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.88, ReadHowYouWant.com

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A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play.

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Play, Scene, Chapters

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.80, Penguin

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A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life.

Charlotte Bronte

Depressing, Pages, Difficult

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If you don't love another living soul, then you'll never be disappointed.

Charlotte Bronte

Soul, Disappointed, Ifs

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Born: April 21, 1816
Died: March 31, 1855
Occupation: Novelist
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