The Brontë Sisters Quotes

“The critic George Henry Lewes asked, 'Does it never strike these delightful creatures that their little fingers were meant to be kissed, not to be inked?”
― Catherine Reef, The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne

“So she asked herself two questions. First, 'Do I love him as much as a woman ought to love the man she married?' And second, 'Am I the person best qualified to make him happy?' The answer to both questions was no. She replied to Henry's letter, turning him down. 'You do not know me; I am not the serious, grave, cool-headed individual you suppose... I will never for the sake of attaining the distinction of matrimony and escaping the stigma of an old maid take a worthy man whom I am conscious I cannot render happy.”
― Catherine Reef, The Brontë Sisters: The Brief Lives of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne