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
desire wish forgetfulness
Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.
tears odd distress
How odd it is that we so often weep for each other's distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!
ideas views youth
If the generous ideas of youth are too often over- clouded by the sordid views of after-life, that scarcely proves them to be false
judging deeds gods-will
God will judge us by our own thoughts and deeds, not by what others say about us.
dust jewels water
But as the priceless treasure too frequently hides at the bottom of well, it needs some courage to dive for it, especially as he that does so will be likely to incur more scorn and obloquy for the mud and water into which he has ventured to plunge, than thanks for the jewel he procures; as like in manner, she who undertakes the cleansing of a careless bachelor's apartment will be liable to more abuse for the dust she raises than commendation for the clearance she effects.
solitude eternal
No one can be happy in eternal solitude.
husband lovers prove
The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments
together cease
Life and hope must cease together.
tongue speak slander
If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.
thinking
What business had I to think of one that never thought of me?
humble self giving
I was not really angry: I felt for him all the time, and longed to be reconciled; but I determined he should make the first advances, or at least show some signs of an humble and contrite spirit, first; for, if I began, it would only minister to his self-conceit, increase his arrogance, and quite destroy the lesson I wanted to give him.
resigned
He never could have loved me, or he would not have resigned me so willingly
appreciate understanding hints
He had not breathed a word of love, or dropped one hint of tenderness or affection, and yet I had been supremely happy. To be near him, to hear him talk as he did talk, and to feel that he thought me worthy to be so spoken to - capable of understanding and duly appreciating such discourse - was enough.
vanity done vexation
No; for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of the as others do, I am always troubling my head about how I could produce the same effect upon canvas; and as that can never be done, it is mere vanity and vexation of spirit.