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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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But as his wife - at his side always, and always restrained, and always checked - forced to keep the fire of my nature continually low, to compel it t...more

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I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest -- blest beyond what language can express bec...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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his wife might, I verily believe, be the very happiest woman the sun shines on

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What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme - courtship; and promise to end in the same cat...more

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You, Jane, I must have you for my own--entirely my own.

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You are no ruin sir--no lighting-struck tree: you are green and vigorous. Plants will grow about your roots, whether you ask them or not, because they...more

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And your will shall decide your destiny," he said: "I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of all my possessions." You play a farce, which I merel...more

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Make my happiness--I will make yours.

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Jane: Mr. Rochester, if ever I did a good deed in my life-if ever I thought a good thought-if ever I prayed a sincere and blameless prayer-if ever I w...more

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No: I shall not marry Samuel Fawthrop Wynne.""I ask why? I must have a reason. In all respects he is more than worthy of you."She stood on the hearth;...more

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There are certain phrases potent to make my blood boil -- improper influence! What old woman's cackle is that?""Are you a young lady?""I am a thousand...more