Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte
Anne Brontëwas an English novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 January 1820
doubt painful sincerity
It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.
sex book may
[Preface to second edition:] ... I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.
healing wings soul
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.
sorry selfish men
I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.
imperfect-world imperfection a-perfect-world
There is always a but in this imperfect world.
player chess chess-players
Chess-players are so unsociable, they are no company for any but themselves.
sex book writing
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man.
adversity eye world
I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.
heaven soul should
Yet, should thy darkest fears be true, If Heaven be so severe, That such a soul as thine is lost, Oh! how shall I appear?
eye tired heart
Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.
heart self fool
What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.
clay stones
You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.
nature sunshine light
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.
courage flower rose
But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.