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“God is Infinite Wisdom, and Power, and Goodness - and LOVE; but if this idea is too vast for your human faculties - if your mind loses itself in its overwhelming infinitude, fix it on Him who condescended to take our nature upon Him, who was raised to Heaven even in His glorified human body, in whom the fulness of the Godhead shines.”

Love God Wisdom Power Goodness Jesus Christ

Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“That wish - that prayer - both men and women would have scorned me for - "But, Father, Thou wilt not despise!" I said, and felt that it was true.”

Love God Wish Prayer

Book:Agnes Grey

Source: Agnes Grey

“What business had I to think of one that never thought of me?”

Love Romance Thoughts Agnes Grey

Book:Agnes Grey

Source: Agnes Grey

“Though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least will not be more than you can bear. Marriage may change your circumstances for the better, but in my private opinion, it is far more likely to produce a contrary result”

Love Happiness Marriage Criticism Reality Of Life Sorrows

Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“The rose I gave you was an emblem of my heart,' said she; 'would you take it away and leave me here alone?' 'Would you give me your hand too, if I asked it?' 'Have I not said enough?”

Love Heart Rose Gift Alone Engagement Hand

Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“Well, let them seize on all they can;— One treasure still is mine,— A heart that loves to think on thee, And feels the worth of thine.”

Love Poetry

Book:Agnes Grey

Source: Agnes Grey

“I shall expect my husband to have no pleasures but what he shares with me; and if his greatest pleasure of all is not the enjoyment of my company - why - it will be the worse for him - that's all.' 'If such are your expectations of matrimony, Esther, you must, indeed, be careful whom you marry - or rather, you must avoid it altogether.”

Love Company Wife Husband Expectations Matrimony

Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“I gave up hoping...But, still, I would think of him, I would cherish his image in my mind, and treasure every word, look and gesture that memory could retain.”

Love Longing

Author:Anne Brontë

“Therefore, have done with this nonsense: you have no ground for hope: dismiss, at once, these hurtful thoughts and foolish wishes from your mind, and turn to your own duty, and the dull blank life that lies before you. You might have known such happiness was not for you.”

Love Heartache Unrequited Love Lovesick

Book:Agnes Grey

Source: Agnes Grey

“When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things to be considered. Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them . . . .”

Love Marriage Advice Mistakes

Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one; or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me.”

Love Marriage Unrequited Love

Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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