Jane Eyre

"I am glad you are no relation of mine."

"The great and omnipotent Author of all things."

"I have thought of you during the whole of a sleepless night."

"Reader, I married him."

"I am not an automaton—I have a soul."

"My character will be vindicated before God."

"She has a fine head; and above all, she is tractable and clever."

"Conventionality is not morality; self-righteousness is not religion."

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

"There is something in that one little word which world does not know."

"I could not turn, nor retrace one step. God must have led me on."

"I am not cast from iron; I need comfort."

"What a wretched muddle things seem!"

"I am the backbone of my household."

"Millions are condemned to a stiffer fate."

"Did you never hear of books?"

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

"I grew up among mountains and storms."

"Jacintha, come and help me make some tea."

"I would rather be a slave and owe nothing than not be a slave and owe my liberation to any man."

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

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

"Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!"

"I would not give my life for Frank's, nor for yours either."

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

"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."

"My heart answered with an echo: I am your equal."