Jane Eyre

"I would not exchange this one little English heart for all the treasures of Christendom."

"Feeling as if I had no longer a friend in the world."

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

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

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

"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 am grateful for the opportunity to prove my worth."

"What is the use of living if I may not live in joy?"

"I will be his second self if necessary."

"I am no sentimental fool."

"To be subject to another's will is a dreadful fate."

"The path of duty is the way to glory."

"I would rather not live than live a lie."

"Talent is a trust from God."

"I have crossed oceans of time to find you."

"I feel as though I should run away."

"Reader, I married him."

"I trust in the invisible world more than in the visible."

"Justice whispered in my ear."

"I am not required to tolerate disrespect."

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

"We are all equal before God and nature."

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

"Love me as I am."

"I cannot become your puppet."

"I would die before I would be ruled by tyranny."

"I am but a poor clergyman's daughter."

"I would rather you wielded a pick-axe."

"I am no mechanical tool: I feel as you feel."