Quotes by The Bronte Sisters
——Iam no bird;and no net ensnaresme;Iam a free human being with an independentwill．
Source:Jane Eyre
——I like to see flowers growing，butwhen they are gathered，they cease to please．I look on them as things rootless and perishable;their likeness to lifemakesme sad．
Source:Villette
——And if God had gifted me with some beauty，and much wealth，I should have made it as hard for you to leave me，as it is now forme to leave you．
Source:Jane Eyre
——Iam not talking to you now through the medium of custom，conventionalities，or even ofmoral flesh:－it ismy spirit thataddresses your spirit;justas if both had passed through the grave，and we stood at God's feet，equal－as we are!
Source:Jane Eyre
——Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves．
Source:Wuthering Heights
——Honest people don't hide their deeds．
Source:Wuthering Heights
——My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods．Time will change it，I'm well aware，as winter changes the trees－my love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath－a source of little visible delight，but necessary．
Source:Wuthering Heights
——Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound thosewho resort to them worse than their enemies．
Source:Wuthering Heights
——A lightwind swept over the corn，and all nature laughed in the sunshine．
Source:The Tenant ofWildfell Hall
——If you would have your son towalk honourably through the world，you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path，but teach him to walk firmly over them－not insist upon leading him by the hand，but let him learn to go alone．
Source:The Tenant ofWildfell Hall