Quote

Farewell to Thee! But not farewell To all my fondest thoughts of Thee Within my heart they still shall dwell And they shall cheer and comfort me.

Anne Bronte

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Anne Bronte
Age: 29 †
Born: 1820
Born: January 17
Died: 1849
Died: May 28
Governess
Novelist
Poet
Thornton
West Yorkshire
Acton Bell
Ann Brontë
Anne Bronte
Ann Bronte
Annie Bronte
Shall
Fondest
Within
Memorial
Stills
Farewell
Still
Dwell
Heart
Cheer
Thee
Comfort
Thoughts

More quotes by Anne Bronte

Image
Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.
Anne Bronte
Image
No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.
Anne Bronte
Image
I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.
Anne Bronte
Image
Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them.
Anne Bronte
Image
I began this book with the intention of concealing nothing, that those who liked might have the benefit of perusing a fellow creature's heart: but we have some thoughts that all the angels in heaven are welcome to behold -- but not our brother-men -- not even the best and kindest amongst them.
Anne Bronte
Image
You might as well sell yourself to slavery at once, as marry man you dislike.
Anne Bronte
Image
What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.
Anne Bronte
Image
My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring and carried aloft on the wings of the breeze.
Anne Bronte
Image
It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
Anne Bronte
Image
No for instead of delivering myself up to the full enjoyment of the as others do, I am always troubling my head about how I could produce the same effect upon canvas and as that can never be done, it is mere vanity and vexation of spirit.
Anne Bronte
Image
A man must have something to grumble about and if he cant complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.
Anne Bronte
Image
Then, you must fall each into your proper place. You'll do your business, and she, if she's worthy of you, will do hers but it's your business to please yourself, and hers to please you.
Anne Bronte
Image
Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.
Anne Bronte
Image
A little girl loves her bird--Why? Because it lives and feels because it is helpless and harmless? A toad, likewise, lives and feels, and is equally helpless and harmless but though she would not hurt a toad, she cannot love it like the bird, with its graceful form, soft feathers, and bright, speaking eyes.
Anne Bronte
Image
My cup of sweets is not unmingled: it is dashed with a bitterness that I cannot hide from myself, disguise it as I will.
Anne Bronte
Image
If you would have a boy to despise his mother, let her keep him at home, and spend her life in petting him up, and slaving to indulge his follies and caprices.
Anne Bronte
Image
Thank heaven, I am free and safe at last!
Anne Bronte
Image
You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.
Anne Bronte
Image
The brightest attractions to the lover too often prove the husband's greatest torments
Anne Bronte
Image
It is painful to doubt the sincerity of those we love.
Anne Bronte