A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too...

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing...

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the...

I'm just going to write because I cannot help it.

I'm just going to write because I cannot help it.

Conventionality is not morality.

Conventionality is not morality.

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit...

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit...

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous...

Who has words at the right moment?

Who has words at the right moment?

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

Every atom of your flesh is as dear to me as my own: in pain...

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter...

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter...

If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved...

If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved...

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly...

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly...

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that...

I find myself alone in this world and I'm very sad. Everyone has abandoned me...

I find myself alone in this world and I'm very sad. Everyone has abandoned me...

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I.

Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I.

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell...

Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell...

I'm not single. I'm just romantically challenged.

I'm not single. I'm just romantically challenged.