Jane Eyre

"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

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

"I felt as though I was flying with my invisible escort."

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

"One does as one is permitted to do."

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

"Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own."

"I would have followed you to the ends of the earth."

"I would not change for all the treasures of the earth."

"I am glad you are of so little faith in my constancy."

"I would always rather be happy than dignified."

"You pierce my soul. I feel as if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly and inextricably knotted to a similar string situated in the corresponding quarter of your little frame."

"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.—"

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

"I shall not be afraid of my own strength."

"I have learned to love without fear."

"I value integrity above all else."

"Imagination is the light of the weary."

"I have found my peace at last."

"I shall forge my own destiny."

"To love and be loved is the greatest beauty."

"I have learned patience from my trials."

"I will never submit to an unjust authority."

"What a strange thing is prejudice."

"I cannot receive favors and feel no gratitude."

"I will be your companion—your guide."

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for."

"I have the sense of power in my mind."

"Promises made in desperation are not binding."