Jane Eyre

"Knowledge is a surer happiness than ignorance is."

"I am but the instrument of a higher power."

"Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation."

"I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh."

"You penetrate my soul and possess it as your own."

"Reader, I married him."

"I would have given my life for her—willingly and gladly."

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

"Adversity and trials have purified and strengthened me."

"I felt as if I had been living a more real life during those few months than before or after."

"My spirit follows yours into regions which you alone can make me know."

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

"Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed."

"You are docile, diligent, disinterested, faithful."

"I would not exchange this one evening with you for all the treasure of the world."

"Better to be without logic than without feeling."

"What does it matter if this life is a struggle and hardship, and these mortal trials temporary?"

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

"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 felt as if I held the thread of my destiny."

"I could not turn or retrace one single step."

"My eyes were opened to a wider world."

"I am not naturally austere, not cold."

"There is truth in his words that burns me."

"I felt as if I had been born anew."

"My heart was experiencing an unusual tumult."

"I have been as fortunate as the gods to find a true friend."

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