Quotes by Anne Brontë

First, I thought, almost despairing, this must crush my spirit...

“ First, I thought, almost despairing, this must crush my spirit now. Yet I bore it, and am bearing. Only do not ask me how. “

-Anne Brontë-

First, I thought, almost despairing, this must crush my spirit now. Yet I bore it, and am bearing. Only do not ask me how.

True benevolence and gentle, considerate kindness.

I love the silent hour of night,For blissful dreams may then arise,Revealing to my charmed sightWhat may not bless my waking eyes.

My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.

I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.

How odd it is that we so often weep for each other’s distresses, when we shed not a tear for our own!

Introducing Anne Brontë