Jane Eyre

"My pulse stops: my heart stands still; my stretched arm is paralyzed."

"Feeling as if I had no longer any cause to remain in the house, I prepared to quit it."

"I would as soon have a mind without a heart as a heart without a mind."

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

"I would rather be a pagan suckled in a creed outworn than accept blindly what others believe."

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

"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 had not known the sweetness of a good conscience."

"I had forgotten the freshness of the May green."

"My spirit was moved: my heart beat fast."

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

"I have weathered the storm of this life and found peace."

"I would not ask you to belie your nature."

"Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed."

"I have something in my brain and heart, after all."

"Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine."

"I am sustained and soothed by remembrance of divine justice."

"There is no one bound to confess secrets but to God."

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

"My heart was full of gratitude and wonder."

"I scorn your pretended coldness—I scorn you when you are cold."

"Justice! I swear I will have justice."

"Reader, I married him."

"I have something for you."

"I felt as if I was being buried alive beneath expectations."

"Hereafter I trust I shall get on."

"It is better to endure than to rebel."

"I was experiencing an ordeal: a hand of fiery iron grasped my vitals."