Jane Eyre Quotations

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“DO YOU THINK THAT BECAUSE I AM POOR, OBSCURE, PLAIN AND LITTLE, I AM SOULESS AND HEARTLESS? YOU THINK WRONG! – I HAVE AS MUCH SOUL AS YOU AND AS MUCH FULL HEART!”

(CH23)

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“BUT WOMEN FEEL JUST AS MEN FEEL… IT IS NARROW MINDED IN THEIR MORE PRIVLEGED CREATURES TO SAY THEY MUST CONFINE THEMSELVES TO MAKING PUDDINGS AND KNITTING STOCKINGS…”

(CH12)

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“I TOLD YOU READER, I HAD LEARNT TO LOVE MR ROCHESTER, I COULD NOT UNLOVE HIM NOW”

(CH18)

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“WERE NOT BEAUTIFUL BY RULE; BUT THEY WERE MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL TO ME”

(CH17)

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“WHEN WE ARE STRUCK AT WITHOUT REASON, WE MUST STIKE BACK HARD; I AM SURE WE SHOULD; SO HARD AS TO TEACH THE PERSON WHO STRUCK US NEVER TO DO IT AGAIN”

(CH6)

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“LIFE APPEARS TO ME TO SHORT TO BE SPENT IN NURSING ANIMOSITY OR REGISTERING WRONGS” – HELEN TO JANE

(CH6)

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“I AM NO BIRD AND NO NET ENSARES ME, I AM A FREE HUMAN BEING WITH INDEPENDENT WILL”

(CH23) 

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“HIS PRESENCE IN THE ROOM WAS MORE CHEERING THAN THE BRIGHTEST FIRE”

(CH17)

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“…I AM NOT YOUR DEAR…”

(CH9)

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“…ONCE MORE ALONE, I REVIEWED THE INFORMATION I HAD GOT…”

(CH16)

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