You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world.

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

I feel monotony and death to be almost the same.

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

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...

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.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.

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...

Conventionality is not morality.

Conventionality is not morality.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

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.

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.

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to...

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to...

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...

Who has words at the right moment?

Who has words at the right moment?

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

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

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...

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...

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...

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.