Anne Bronte (Writer)

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.

— Anne Bronte art

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

— Anne Bronte

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection: that, though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear.

— Anne Bronte life

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.

— Anne Bronte world

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

— Anne Bronte nature

I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .

— Anne Bronte power

There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world.

— Anne Bronte world

A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.

— Anne Bronte death

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise: therefore, if you choose to use the bad, or those which tend to evil till they become your masters, and neglect the good till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame.

— Anne Bronte strength

Adoration isn't love.

— Anne Bronte love

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.

— Anne Bronte mind

She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else.

— Anne Bronte love

Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

— Anne Bronte money

It seems as if life and hope must cease together.

— Anne Bronte life

It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever - bless them, dear creatures!

— Anne Bronte love

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.

— Anne Bronte self

Life and hope must cease together.Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected; Helen to Milicent

— Anne Brontë life

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, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. Whether this be the case with my history or not, I am hardly competent to judge. I sometimes think it might prove useful to some, and entertaining to others; but the world may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will candidly lay before the public what I would not disclose to the most intimate friend.Ch. I : The Parsonage

— Anne Brontë fear

At your time of life, its love that rules the roast: at mine, its solid, serviceable gold.Mr. Maxwell to Helen Ch. XX : Persistence

— Anne Brontë love

I am truly miserable - more so than I like to acknowledge to myself. Pride refuses to aid me. It has brought me into the scrape, and will not help me out of it.Helen Graham Ch. XVIII : The Miniature

— Anne Brontë knowledge

If I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation.Helen to Mrs. Maxwell Ch. XVII : Further Warnings

— Anne Brontë love

It is a hard, embittering thing to have ones kind feelings and good intentions cast back in ones teeth.Ch. XXXVI : Dual Solitude; Helen Graham

— Anne Brontë feelings

Life and hope must cease together.Helen to Milicent Ch. XXXII : Comparisons: Information Rejected

— Anne Brontë life

My God! O let me call Thee mine! Weak, wretched sinner though I be, My trembling soul would fain be Thine, My feeble faith still clings to Thee.

— Anne Brontë god

She, however, attentively watched my looks, and her artists pride was gratified, no doubt, to read my heartfelt admiration in my eyes.Ch. VIII : The Present; Gilbert Markham

— Anne Brontë art

Those, whose time is fully occupied, seldom complain of solitude.Ch. XXIX : The Neighbour; Helen to Walter

— Anne Brontë time

You may rejoice to think yourselves secure, You may be grateful for the gift divine, That grace unsought which made your black hearts pure And fits your earthborn souls in Heaven to shine. But is it sweet to look around and view Thousands excluded from that happiness, Which they deserve at least as much as you, Their faults not greater nor their virtues less?

— Anne Brontë happiness

You may think it all very fine, Mr. Huntingdon, to amuse yourself with rousing my jealousy; but take care you dont rouse my hate instead. And when you have once extinguished my love, you will find it no easy matter to kindle it again.Helen to Arthur Ch. XXVII : Misdemeanour

— Anne Brontë love

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