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You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to ...more

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Je fais mon lit et mon ménage; I seek my dinner in a restaurant; my supper takes care, of itself; I pass days laborious and loveless; nights long and ...more

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Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.

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The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.

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At that time, I well remember whatever could excite - certain accidents of the weather, for instance, were almost dreaded by me, because they woke the...more

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Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.

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Would you not be happier if you tried to forget her severity, together with the passionate emotions it excited? Life appears to me too short to be spe...more

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I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep me alive if all extraneous delights should be withheld, or offered only at a price I cannot aff...more

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[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine.

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Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes.

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To pass its threshold was to return to stagnation; to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, and ...more

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Women are supposed to be very calm generally; but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts, a...more

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Human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objectsof affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing afaded g...more

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I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much.

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God waits only the separation of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward. Why, then, should we ever sink overwhelmed with distress, when life...more