Charlotte Bronte Quotes

A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

There are many doors to the heart.

The heart communes best when it does not try to speak.

We long to find someone who has been where we've been, who shares our fragile places, who sees our sunsets with the same shades of blue. Soul mates. They somehow validate the depth of our experiences.

The desire to reach hearts is wise

I wish that we could look into each other's faces, in each other's eyes, and see our own selves. I hope that the children have not been so scarred by their upbringing that they only think fear when they see someone else who looks separate from them.

Acceptance is the truest kinship with humanity.

Sometimes when you hit send, you can imagine the message going straight into the person's heart. But other times, like this time, it feels like the words are merely falling into a well.

My beloved grows right out of my own heart. How much more union can there be.

Sympathy is the golden key that unlocks the hearts of others.

She thought: at this moment, the glass stem between his fingers feels just like the one between mine. We have this much in common.

To be known so well by someone is an unimaginable gift. But to be imagined so well by someone is even better.

I'm pouring my guts out so they can feel like your guts at the same time.

You didn’t understand what he was saying, until he kissed you. It was a kiss of such complicity, of such uncomplicated sympathy, that you felt for the first time not alone in your suffering.

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.

Everybody needs one essential friend.

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoes or to be able to relate to what he or she is going through or what he or she is thinking.

It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.

We can only learn to love by loving.

As a fan, I connect with realness. Whether it's strong or vulnerable, if it's real, I can connect with it.

I care about looking into someone's eyes and finding out who they are.

No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.