More quotes by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

"I knew, you would do me good, in some way, at some time;- I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you: their expression and smile did not- (again he stopped)- did not (he proceeded hastily) strike delight to my very inmost heart so for nothing."
"[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine."
"And it is you, spirit--with will and energy, and virtue and purity--that I want, not alone with your brittle frame."
"Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?"
"It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it."