Jane Eyre

"At last I have found peace—not in ignorance, but in the pursuit of truth."

"You did right to come back to me."

"I am no strange bird,—no idle poet,—not altogether a drone."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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 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."

"To me, Jane, you are everything: my hope, my honour, my world."

"Providence has willed it, and so it shall be."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"I would rather suffer any hardship than part with you."

"What can a man love in a woman? Her beauty perhaps, for a time."

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

"Fate has spoken. We are bound."

"I am glad you are not one of those sleek, silk-clad angels."

"We are all fated to love only once, and I have had my chance."