Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal — as we are!
Charlotte Brontë
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I am no orator, as Brutus is,
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And here's to me, as bad as I am;
But as good as you are, a... OLD SCOTCH SAYING You are giving an eternal pleasure of life that one can give the maximum enthusiasm to make his lovi... NISHI DE SILVA I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I pl... ERIN MORGENSTERN Well, now If little by little you stop loving me I shall stop loving you Little by li... PABLO NERUDA If I can just keep searching for things that move my heart and soul as much as this story, you can't... HILARY SWANK You think that because I am unwanted, because I am neglected and-and discarded-" My voice inches hig... TAHEREH MAFI The purpose was, that I would go to Biddy, that I would show her how humbled and repentant I came ba... CHARLES DICKENS you have right to disagree with me. you have right to understand what you had understand ( of course... DR. SHAILESH THAKER I will be forever grateful for your presence in my life. I am a much better human being because of y... EMMA FORREST But be that as it may, I think it is more respectful to you that I should speak to you upon and do m... ARTHUR CAYLEY Antonio, I speak to you from beyond the grave, in seriousness. I have loved you with all my shameful... LOUIS DE BERNIèRES Love me as I have loved you. Need me as I have need you. Don't do things I do in return to satisfy m... AGNES ARCILLA Forget not, never forget that you have promised me to use this silver to become an honest man.... Je... VICTOR HUGO I wish with all my heart that you may be the most lovable prince in the world, and I bestow my gift ... CHARLES PERRAULT If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through. MARIAH CAREY I will give my whole heart and soul to my Maker if I can,' I answered, 'and not one atom more of it ... ANNE BRONTë Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I a... DALAI LAMA XIV Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a
precious human life, I a... THE DALAI LAMA Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects. JENNI RIVERA And I pray one prayer--I repeat it till my tongue stiffens--Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as ... EMILY BRONTë I am not as smart as I would like you to think I am, I am only as smart as you allow me to be... ERIC CAMERON GIFFORD I'll understand if you don't want me. But I will be heartbroken. You are all I ever dreamed of and h... MAEVE BINCHY Hades," Kronos growled. "I hope you and the ladies have come to pledge your allegiance." "I'm afraid... RICK RIORDAN Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to li... ARTHUR MILLER I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pie... JANE AUSTEN The people believe that those who do not think as they do are fools. For that reason, they take me f... JOSé RIZAL Love your kid as much as you possibly can, and do what you need to do for your family because my sit... DREW LACHEY … an Emperor says, "I will kill you if you do not come", and the man bursts into a laugh and says,... SWAMI VIVEKANANDA When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have lef... FREDERICK BUECHNER When you remember me, it means that you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have lef... FREDERICK BUECHNER I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the ... PARDIS SABETI I am 5 ft 6 in, and at my peak, my vital statistics were 37-22-35. I didn't even think about my ... RAQUEL WELCH I am both numb and oversensitive, overwhelmed by the need, the raw and desperate need of the girls I... RACHEL LLOYD I have no objection whatever to your representing me as a little eccentric, since you and you... PATRICK BRONTë I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times har... MARILYN MONROE I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control, and at times ha... MARILYN MONROE I am going to do as much as I can do, because I hate to do anything and not give my all. ANGIE MARTINEZ I am writing in despair. I am cursing the day of my birth just like Job. I would have wished a quick... GAO ZHAN I am a hypocrite when it comes to being a conformist. My values and beliefs are part of my foundatio... BONNIE ZACKSON KOURY Is that what you think I am? All this time, and you still haven’t sorted it out? Why am I surprise... SUSAN DENNARD My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for c... THOMAS MERTON My whole thing was, as much as I was inspired by what my parents do, and growing up on film sets, wa... DREE HEMINGWAY I often laughed, and you often gave me a dissatisfied look, till you pressed me to unfold my past be... NATSUME SōSEKI At issue here is the question: "To whom do I belong? God or to the world?" Many of my daily preoccup... HENRI J.M. NOUWEN I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Al... EMRAAN HASHMI Paint me as I am. If you leave out the scars and wrinkles, I
will not pay you a shilling. OLIVER CROMWELL You are always here with me when I do so, at least in my heart, and it is impossible for me to remem... NICHOLAS SPARKS Who can say if the thoughts you have in your mind as you read these words are the same thoughts I ha... KEN LIU I don't sleep and I am an overachiever, I guess.
I feel I am successful in my business, and I fee... JASON CLARK I had a dream about you. It's been a while since I could remember any of my dreams, and still, this ... ALEKSANDRA NINKOVIC My dearly beloved if I am to die today and never see the sweet face of you I want you to know that I... WILD BILL HICKOK Then know, that I have little wealth to lose.
A man I am, crossed with adversity;
My riches ar... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Doctor, as I believe you would not choose to tell any thing but the truth, you had better tell him, ... DAVID HUME Are you trying to make amends?” I said softly, teasing him. He pulled me even closer, causing... JULIETTE MILLER This is who I am, Rachel . Accept it or not. The tattoos won’t wash off. The earrings will never c... KATIE MCGARRY Everything that went on in my life... it was super important for me to have Camden first. And by tha... VANESSA LACHEY am your spaniel; and, Demetrius, The more you beat me, I will fawn on you: Use me but as your spanie... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Picture God as saying to you, "My son, why is it that day by day you rise, and pray, and genuflect, ... ST. AUGUSTINE Who are you?” I asked. “Are we playing that game again?” she asked me with a nice smile. ... NICO J. GENES As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, th... GEORGE PAPANDREOU When I deny the seriousness of my abuse I agree with my abuser and those who wouldn't acknowledge it... PATTY HITE
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CHARLOTTE BRONTë ...[M]y inner self moved; my spirit shook its always-fettered wings half loose. I had a sudden feeli... CHARLOTTE BRONTë For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I seem to have gathered up a stray lamb in my arms: you wandered out of the fold to seek your shephe... CHARLOTTE BRONTë But afterwards, is there nothing more for me in life - no true home - nothing to be dearer to me tha... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, w... CHARLOTTE BRONTë As I exclaimed 'Jane! Jane! Jane!' a voice- I cannot tell whence the voice came, but I know whose vo... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you can... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Love me, then, or hate me, as you will," I said at last, "you have my full and free forgiveness: ask... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Jane, I never meant to wound you thus...Will you ever forgive me?" Reader, I forgave him ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë It would take a great deal to crush me CHARLOTTE BRONTë The standard heroes and heroines of novels, are personages in whom I could never, from childhood upw... CHARLOTTE BRONTë When you are inquisitive, Jane, you always make me smile. You open your eyes like an eager bird, and... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I never met your likeness. Jane: you please me, and you master me - you seem to submit, and I like t... CHARLOTTE BRONTë You know full well as I do the value of sisters' affections: There is nothing like it in this world. CHARLOTTE BRONTë You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourse... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Rapidly, merrily, Life's sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily Enjoy them as they... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties. CHARLOTTE BRONTë I see you and St. John have been quarrelling, Jane,' said Diana, 'during your walk on the moor. But ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë My spirits were excited, and with pleasure and ease I talked to him during supper, and for a long ti... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Now for the hitch in Jane's character,' he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I h... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Jane! will you hear reason?' (he stooped and approached his lips to my ear) 'because, if you won't, ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise fo... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Quando uma mulher sente desprezo pelo seu marido, o casamento passa a ser uma escravidão, e contra ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Detesto l’ardire, l’ardire che appartiene all’arrogante e all’insensibile, ma amo l’audaci... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I romanzieri non dovrebbero mai consentire a se stessi di stancarsi dell’indagine della vita reale... CHARLOTTE BRONTë He that is low need fear no fall. CHARLOTTE BRONTë ...there were two gentleman seated by it talking in French;impossible to follow their rapid utteranc... CHARLOTTE BRONTë . . . for if we rarely taste the fulness of joy in this life, we yet more rarely savor the acrid bit... CHARLOTTE BRONTë . . . still we are none of us perfect . . . CHARLOTTE BRONTë I gave, at first, attention close; Then interest warm ensued; From interest, as improvem... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Qué terrible esfuerzo de dejar aquello que queremos CHARLOTTE BRONTë Un hombre no puede olvidar la devoción que sentía por una mujer así, no debe ser, no puede ser CHARLOTTE BRONTë It was her pleasure, her joy, to make me still the master in all things. CHARLOTTE BRONTë -Let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure; Mdlle Reuters is... CHARLOTTE BRONTë A man is master of himself to a certain point, but not beyond it. -William Crimsworth CHARLOTTE BRONTë I held a brief debate with myself as to whether I should change my ordinary attire for something sma... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Belgium! name unromantic and unpoetic, yet name that whenever uttered has in my ear a sound, in my h... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I'm a universal patriot...my country is the world. CHARLOTTE BRONTë Pero cuando el dolor termina el recuerdo que queda a veces se transforma en placer CHARLOTTE BRONTë I verily believe all that is desirable on earth--wealth, reputation, love--will for ever to you be t... CHARLOTTE BRONTë No man likes to acknowledge that he has made a mistake in the choice of his profession, and every ma... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I know that a pretty doll, a fair fool, might do well enough for the honeymoon; but when passion coo... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Human beings -- human children especially -- seldom deny themselves the pleasure of exercising a pow... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Tact, if it be genuine, never sleeps. CHARLOTTE BRONTë That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructur... CHARLOTTE BRONTë In sunshine, in prosperity, the flowers are very well; but how many wet days are there in life—Nov... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I sought her eye, desirous to read there the intelligence which I could not discern in her face or h... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitt... CHARLOTTE BRONTë He was the first to recognise me, and to love what he saw. CHARLOTTE BRONTë There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless s... CHARLOTTE BRONTë A strong, vague persuasion that it was better to go forward than backward, and that I could go forwa... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Worn out with this torture of thought, I rose to my knees. Night was come, and her planets were rise... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life. CHARLOTTE BRONTë Novelists should never allow themselves to weary of the study of real life. If they observed this du... CHARLOTTE BRONTë And who talks of error now? I scarcely think the notion that flittered across my brain was an error.... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Sir,' I interrupted him, 'you are inexorable for that unfortunate lady; you speak of her with hate -... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Spring drew on...and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë I knew, you would do me good, in some way, at some time;- I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld ... CHARLOTTE BRONTë It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a... CHARLOTTE BRONTë All men must die. CHARLOTTE BRONTë Signs may be but the sympathies of nature with man. CHARLOTTE BRONTë You are human and fallible. CHARLOTTE BRONTë