It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils.
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
I could not unlove him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me.
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter–often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter–in the eye.
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
I can live alone, if self-respect, and circumstances require me so to do. I need not sell my soul to buy bliss. I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
It is not violence that best overcomes hate-nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
"I would always rather be happy than dignified."
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."
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Jane Eyre by
Charlotte Bronte
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