129 Quotes About Jane-eyre

  • Author Charlotte Brontë
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    I felt how, if I were his wife, this food man, pure as the deep sunless source, could soon kill me, without drawing from my veins a single drop of blood, or receiving on his own crystal conscience the faintest stain of crime.

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  • Author Charlotte Brontë
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    There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question.

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  • Author Charlotte Brontë
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    Gefühl ohne Vernunft ist in der Tat ein wässriges Getränk; aber Vernunft, die nicht durch Gefühl gemildert wird, ist ein vollends zu bitterer und rauer Bissen, als dass ein Mensch ihn schlucken könnte.

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  • Author Charlotte Brontë
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    O başucumda otururken öylesine güvende, öylesine sahip çıkılmış hissediyordum ki gidişi bana büyük bir acı verdi. Kapıyı arkasından kapattığında bütün oda karanlığa gömüldü ve kalbim adeta sıkıştı; tarifi mümkün olmayan bir üzüntü kapladı içimi.

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  • Author Charlotte Brontë
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    İnsan doğası işte böylesi kötü; en parlak yıldızların yüzeyinde bile lekeler vardır ve Bayan Scatcherd'ün gözleri gibi gözler, sadece o minicik lekeleri görür; yıldızın parlaklığı karşısında kördür.

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  • Author Charlotte Brontë
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    God waits only the separation of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward. Why, then, should we ever sink overwhelmed with distress, when life is so over, and death is so certain an entrance to happiness - to glory?

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  • Author Charlotte Brontë
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    Is there not love in my heart, and constancy in my resolves? It will expiate at God's tribunal. I know my Maker sanctions what I do. For the world's judgement—I wash my hands thereof. For man's opinion—I defy it.

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