More quotes by Charlotte Bronte

"To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have a right to judge me--the sole ground on which I accept your judgment."
"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs."
"I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me."
"Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste."
"Writers cannot choose their own mood: with them it is not always hide-tide, nor --thank Heaven!--always Storm."