Anne Brontë quote: It was wrong to be so joyless, so desponding; I should have made God my friend, and to do His ...

It was wrong to be so joyless, so desponding; I should have made God my friend, and to do His will the pleasure and the business of my life; but faith was weak, and passion was too strong.

~ Anne Brontë ~

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