Charlotte Bronte Quotes


One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.


Citations

Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1847.

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Charlotte Bronte
Charlotte Bronte
  • Born: April 21, 1816
  • Died: March 31, 1855
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Novelist, Poet, Governess

Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.