Jane Eyre

"The world may judge me harshly, but I must follow my truth."

"Hope is a good thing, perhaps the best of things."

"I have something in my brain and heart after all."

"A little cottage on the edge of the moor."

"Justice demands honesty above all else."

"Forgiveness is the greatest strength the human spirit can achieve."

"I have endured trials that have made me strong."

"Some people seem born to be happy—such is not my destiny."

"The truth is, I do not wish to be happy."

"I would die for you without a moment's hesitation."

"Do you think I am a machine without feelings?"

"The greatest pleasure lies in serving those we love."

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will."

"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion."

"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."

"I would far rather be excused."

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!"

"I am glad you are no relation of mine: I will not have you as a relation."

"Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a draught to go down."

"I would not change for all the treasures of the earth."

"I was experiencing an ordeal: a hand of fiery iron grasped my vitals. Terrible moment: full of struggle, blackness, burning!"

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

"I am not an angel, and I will not pretend to be one."

"I would rather be a slave in some horrible den than his wife."

"The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."

"I felt as if an awful charm was framing round and gathering over me."

"I am sure no one will laugh at me now."

"Do you think I am an automaton? a machine without feelings?"

"I would not be the means of injuring you."