Quotes of Anne Bronte - somelinesforyou

“ And then, the unspeakable purity and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ There is always a ‘but’ in this imperfect world. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ What business had I to think of one that never thought of me? ”

- Anne Bronte

“ The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ But, God knows best, I concluded. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ That wish that prayer both men and women would have scorned me for "But, Father, Thou wilt not despise!" I said, and felt that it was true. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ I cannot love a man who cannot protect me. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ What business had I to think of one that never thought of me? ”

- Anne Bronte

“ I love the silent hour of night, For blissful dreams may then arise, Revealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ We often pity the poor, because they have no leisure to mourn their departed relatives, and necessity obliges them to labor through their severest afflictions: but is not active employment the best remedy for overwhelming sorrowthe surest antidote for despair? It may be a rough comforter: it may seem hard to be harassed with the cares of life when we have no relish for its enjoyments; to be goaded to labor when the heart is ready to break, and the vexed spirit implores for rest only to weep in silence: but is not labor better than the rest we covet? and are not those petty, tormenting cares less hurtful than a continual brooding over the great affliction that oppresses us? Besides, we cannot have cares, and anxieties, and toil, without hopeif it be but the hope of fulfilling our joyless task, accomplishing some needful project, or escaping some further annoyance. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ 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. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ 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. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ The next visit I paid to Nancy Brown was in the second week in March: for, though I had many spare minutes during the day, I seldom could look upon an hour as entirely my own; since, when everything was left to the caprices of Miss Matilda and her sister, there could be no order or regularity. Whatever occupation I chose, when not actually busied about them or their concerns, I had, as it were, to keep my loins girded, my shoes on my feet, and my staff in my hand; for not to be immediately forthcoming when called for, was regarded as a grave and inexcusable offence: not only by my pupils and their mother, but by the very servant, who came in breathless haste to call me, exclaiming 'You're to go to the schoolroom directly, mum the young ladies is WAITING!!' Climax of horror! actually waiting for their governess!!! ”

- Anne Bronte

“ Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ One bright day in the last week of February, I was walking in the park, enjoying the threefold luxury of solitude, a book, and pleasant weather. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than anyone can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ And then, the unspeakable purity and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ And then, the unspeakable purity and freshness of the air! There was just enough heat to enhance the value of the breeze, and just enough wind to keep the whole sea in motion, to make the waves come bounding to the shore, foaming and sparkling, as if wild with glee. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment. ”

- Anne Bronte

“ All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty both good and bad, strengthens by exercise. ”

- Anne Bronte
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