Sara

“how far the promise of anticipation exceeds the pleasure of possession!”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

“distance. If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, “The same as everywhere.” The human race is but a monotonous affair. Most of them labour the greater part of their time for mere subsistence; and the scanty portion of freedom which remains to them so troubles them that they use every exertion to get rid of it. Oh, the destiny of man!”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

“What an absolutely sickening display. Romance clearly melted the brains of sensible women.”
― Talia Hibbert, Take a Hint, Dani Brown

“What is it that constitutes virtue, Mrs. Graham?  Is it the circumstance of being able and willing to resist temptation; or that of having no temptations to resist?—”
― Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall