Charlotte Brontë > Quotes

“It is in vain to say that human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they must.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their own way; they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse. When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should – so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“To be home-sick, one must have a home; which I have not.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Villette

“A great deal: you are good to those who are good to you. It is all I ever desire to be. If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse. When”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“...thoughts I did not think necessary to check; they might germinate and bear fruit if they could.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“U postelju sam nosila i svoju lutku. Ljudska bića moraju da vole nekoga, a kako nisam imala dostojniji predmet ljubavi, bila sam prisiljena da nađem zadovoljstva u tome da volim i mazim jedno izbledelo lice, dronjavo kao kakvo minijaturno strašilo. I danas se još jednako pitam s kakavom sam apsurdnom iskrenošću zavolela ovu malu igračku, zamišljajući da je poluživa i sposobna da oseća. Ne bih mogla da zaspim dok ona ne bi bila uvijena u moju spavaću košulju i dok ne bi spokojno ležala pored mene; bila sam donekle srećna, verujući da je i ona srećna.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“I will hold to the principles received by me when I was sane, and not mad—as I am now.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“He sees not as man sees, but far clearer: judges not as man judges, but far more wisely.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“but I knew that he was my own uncle”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Hoe goed zou het me toen gedaan hebben als ik door elkaar werd geschud door de stormen van een onzeker leven vol strijd en door rauwe, bittere ervaring zou leren verlangen naar de rust waarover ik me nu beklaagde!”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Mi sono abituato ad amare la segretezza; mi sembra l'unica cosa che possa render misteriosa e meravigliosa la vita moderna per noi.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“she was sure my previous history, if known, would make a delightful romance.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Fruntea aceea pare să spună: „Dacă demnitatea și împrejurările mi-o cer, pot trăi și singură. N-am nevoie să-mi vând sufletul ca să-mi cumpăr fericirea. Am în făptura mea lăuntrică o comoară ce-a venit pe lume odată cu mine și ea va ști să mă țină în viață chiar dacă toate celelalte bucurii mi-ar fi tăgăduite sau mi s-ar oferi la un preț pe care nu l-aș putea plăti”.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“there was ever in Mr. Rochester (so at least I thought) such a wealth of the power of communicating happiness, that to taste but of the crumbs he scattered to stray and stranger birds like me, was to feast genially.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Se da por supuesto que las mujeres son más tranquilas en general, pero ellas sienten lo mismo que los hombres; necesitan ejercitar y poner a prueba sus facultades, en un campo de acción tan preciso para ellas como para sus hermanos. No pueden soportar represiones demasiado severas ni un estancamiento aoluto, igual que les pasa a ellos. Y supone una gran estrechez de miras por parte de algún ilustre congénere del sexo masculino opinar que la mujer debe limitarse a hacer repostería, tejer calcetines, tocar el piano y bordar bolsos. Condenarlas o reírse de ellas cuando pretenden aprender más cosas o dedicarse a tareas que se han declarado impropias de su sexo es fruto de la necedad.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“My living darling! These are certainly her limbs, and these her features; but I cannot be so blest, after all my misery. It is a dream; such dreams as I have had at night when I have clasped her once more to my heart, as I do now; and kissed her, as thus—and felt that she loved me, and trusted that she would not leave me.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“A mí me importa lo que hago. Cuanto más solitaria, sin amigos y sin apoyo, más me respetaré a mí misma. Observaré la ley de Dios, sancionada por el hombre. Sostendré los principios que seguía cuando estaba cuerda, antes de estar loca como lo estoy ahora. Las leyes y los principios no son para los momentos en los que no hay tentaciones; son para momentos como éste, cuando se rebelan el cuerpo y el alma contra su severidad. Son rigurosos, pero no los violaré. Si pudiera incumplirlos según mi conveniencia personal, ¿qué valor tendrían? Tienen un calor, siempre lo he creído, y si no lo puedo creer ahora, es porque estoy loca, totalmente loca, con fuego en las venas y el corazón latiéndome tan deprisa que no puedo contar los latidos. Todo lo que tengo para sustentarme en este momento son las opiniones preconcebidas y las resoluciones predeterminadas, y en ellas me apoyo.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Az ördög csapdája a csalfa ábránd”
― Charlotte Brontë, Villette

“Several wealthy and benevolent individuals in the county subscribed largely for the erection of a more convenient building in a better situation; new regulations were made; improvements in diet and clothing introduced; the funds of the school were intrusted to the management of a committee. Mr. Brocklehurst, who, from his wealth and family connections, could not be overlooked, still retained the post of treasurer; but he was aided in the discharge of his duties by gentlemen of rather more enlarged and sympathising minds:”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: The Original 1847 Unabridged and Complete Edition

“I have a pleasure in owing you so immense a debt.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Let her be taken care of; let her be treated as tenderly as may be:”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“İster erkek olsun ister kadın, güçlü, sağduyulu ve kibar biriyle sohbet ederken alışılagelmiş çekingenlikleri bir kenara bırakıp güven eşiğini aşarak kalbinin en sıcak köşesinde kendime bir yer edinene kadar rahat etmem.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“I have no relative but the universal mother, Nature: I will seek her breast and ask repose.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“I presentimenti sono cose strane, come le simpatie e come i presagi, e le tre cose messe insieme costituiscono un mistero di cui l'umanità non ha ancora trovato la chiave”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“I know no medium: I never in my life have known any medium in my dealings with positive, hard characters, antagonistic to my own, between absolute submission and determined revolt.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Yet, when M. Paul sneered at me, I wanted to possess them more fully; his injustice stirred in me ambitious wishes—it imparted a strong stimulus—it gave wings to aspiration.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Villette

“Öyleyse üzüntüye neden kaptıralım kendimizi, mademki ömür kısa, ölüm de mutluluğa giden bir yoldur.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“I am very happy, Jane; and when you hear that I am dead, you must be sure and not grieve: there is nothing to grieve about. We all must die one day, and the illness which is removing me is not painful; it is gentle and gradual; my mind is at rest. I leave no one to regret me much: I have only a father, and he is lately married, and will not miss me. By dying young, I shall escape great sufferings. I had not qualities or talents to make my way very well in the world: I should have been continually at fault.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“had conceived against little Adèle: pushing her away with some”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre: The Original 1847 Unabridged and Complete Edition

“Well has Solomon said-"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith." I would not now have exchanged Lowood with all its privations, for Gateshead and its daily luxuries”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre