The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay singl... - Charlotte Bronte
"The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely."
"The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely."
"If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own."
"I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me."
"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."
"Writers cannot choose their own mood: with them it is not always hide-tide, nor --thank Heaven!--always Storm."
"Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste."