Jane Eyre

"I am a coward with respect to this one thing."

"Anybody may blame me who likes."

"I have as much reason to fear you as you have to fear me."

"The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can love."

"I cannot turn, nor retrace my steps: I am bound."

"I am my mother's child, and her name was Eyre."

"Reader, I married him."

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

"My name is Jane Eyre, and I believe myself to be honest."

"Fate has spoken. We are bound."

"I have always been my own mistress; no one has ever had authority over me."

"Judge me by my actions, not by appearances or words."

"The world may judge me, but I know my heart is true."

"I have neither gold nor experience to expect any great power or influence."

"You are not my brother; you are almost my whole world."

"I respect myself too much to marry where I do not love."

"I have learned to trust my own judgment over that of others."

"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."

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as any of you,—but not quite so much heart."

"I would rather be a slave and earn my bread honestly, than to be part of the systematic injustice."

"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 am glad you are no relation of mine; I will not claim you as a relative."

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

"I felt as though I had been living a caterpillar existence, and suddenly my chrysalis had broken and I had emerged as a butterfly."

"I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you."

"My pulse is quickened; my head is dizzy, my heart is amazed, my intellect, scattered."

"I have for the first time found what I can truly love—I have found you."

"Reason has warned me again and again that you are perilous to my peace."