A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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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.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

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 try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

Who has words at the right moment?

Who has words at the right moment?

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

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

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...

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

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

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they...

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

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...

Conventionality is not morality.

Conventionality is not morality.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being...

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being...

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.

You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead...

You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead...

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...

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...

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

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

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...