Charlotte Bronte Quotes


When we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.


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.