Jane Eyre

"My spirit addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal."

"One does as one is permitted to do."

"I cannot let you burn me up, nor will I let you drag me down."

"You have nothing to fear from me."

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

"Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this."

"I would rather be a happy death than a miserable immortality."

"I would not exchange this one little English girl for all the houris of the GrandSeignior's seraglio."

"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.—as much heart!"

"I am constitutionally nervous. I cannot bear being left alone."

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

"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

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

"I have been tried by fire and emerged stronger."

"I am not afraid of ghosts or shadows."

"Gratitude has always been one of my virtues."

"My future is in my own hands."

"Cruelty is a sin I cannot forgive."

"He saw me as I truly was, not as I appeared."

"I choose myself before all others."

"I learned that affliction is the greatest teacher."

"The past cannot be changed, only accepted."

"Solitude became my refuge and my prison."

"She had the power to wound me deeply, which was her greatest power over me."

"Love without respect is a mere phantom."

"I am my own woman and will not be controlled."

"Hope is a dangerous companion when one is desperate."

"Nature soothes me in my distress."

"Pride has always been my enemy."

"I cannot let my heart be held in slavery."