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

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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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No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?""They go to hel...more

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Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.

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-But where are you going to, Helen? Can you see? Do you know?-I believe; I have faith: I am going to God.-Where is God? What is God?-My maker and your...more

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Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of...more

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My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven. He stood between me and every thought of relig...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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My spirit is willing to do what is right; and my flesh, I hope, is strong enough to accomplish the will of Heaven

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Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion...Appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines that only te...more

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Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes.

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And what is hell? Can you tell me that?”“A pit full of fire.”“And should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?”“No, sir.”“...more

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I know that a stranger's hand will write to me next, to say that the good and faithful servant has been called at length into the joy of his Lord. And...more