Reason sits firm and holds the reins, and she will not let the feelings burst away and hurry her to wild chasms. The passions may rage furiously, like true heathens, as they are; and the desires may imagine all sorts of vain things: but judgment shall still have the last word in every argument, and the casting vote in every decision. Strong wind, earthquake-shock, and fire may pass by: but I shall follow the guiding of that still small voice which interprets the dictates of conscience.
You transfix me quite. - Charlotte Bronte
You transfix me quite.
- Charlotte Bronte
He is not to them what he is to me. - Charlotte Bronte
He is not to them what he is to me.
Make my happiness--I will make yours. - Charlotte Bronte
Make my happiness--I will make yours.
[I]n his presence I thoroughly lived. - Charlotte Bronte
[I]n his presence I thoroughly lived.
Your will shall decide your destiny. - Charlotte Bronte
Your will shall decide your destiny.
To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. - Charlotte Bronte
To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only.
There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort. - Charlotte Bronte
There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.
Better to try all things and find all empty, than to try nothing and leave your life a blank. - Charlotte Bronte
Better to try all things and find all empty, than to try nothing and leave your life a blank.
There are not unfrequently substantial reasons underneath for customs that appear to us absurd; and if I were ever again to find myself amongst stran… - Charlotte Bronte
There are not unfrequently substantial reasons underneath for customs that appear to us absurd; and if I were ever again to find myself amongst stran…
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