Anne Bronte Quotes
I may be permitted, like the doctors, to cure a greater evil by a less, for I shall not fall seriously in love with the young widow, I think, nor she with me - that's certain - but if I find a little pleasure in her society I may surely be allowed to seek it; and if the star of her divinity be bright enough to dim the lustre of Eliza's, so much the better, but I scarcely can think it
Topics
Thinking
Fall
Infatuation
Lesser Evil
Widow
Diversion
Star, Stars
Love, Romance
Complicated Relationships
Conflicting Desires
Emotional Control
Emotional Detachment
Emotional Manipulation
Emotional Satisfaction
Ethical Boundaries
Ethical Compromise
Moral Dilemma
Moral Justification
Romantic Entanglement
hedonistic pursuit
Social Pleasure
Romantic Distraction
Citations
Brontë, Anne. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. T. C. Newby, 1848.
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Anne Brontë was an English novelist and poet, and the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.