Jane Eyre

"I am no angel, nor can I be; but I am honest."

"I have learned to distinguish between desire and duty."

"Forgiveness is the prerogative of the strong."

"I have been tested, and I have endured."

"The greatest strength lies in accepting one's limitations."

"I have learned that patience brings its own reward."

"The mind of woman has more capability than is generally credited."

"I would rather suffer with honor than prosper with shame."

"I have experienced what it is to lose everything."

"I have lived through an age of troubles."

"I should have made my avowal sooner but timidity forbade."

"I am resolved to be myself."

"I could not bend into the customary groove."

"Not all is lost when reputation is lost."

"I would not change for all that gold, wealth, or title could give."

"Expect nothing, and you will never be disappointed."

"I would rather be a slave than a pretender."

"I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom."

"To refuse is not to promote; to reject is not to persecute."

"I would almost sooner die than take poison deliberately administered by a supposed friend."

"Better to be without logic than without feeling."

"I have not yet forgiven myself the sin of having thrust you into pain."

"What you see before you is the result of long meditation."

"I would far rather be excused."

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

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

"You penetrate my soul and possess yourself of my very core."

"I would rather die than live in slavery."

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

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