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Quote by Charlotte Bronte

“Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit.”

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Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist known for her novel Jane Eyre, which is considered a classic of English literature. Her works are known for their deep psychological insights and emotional intensity. more

“In a split second of eternity, everything is changed, transfigured. A few bars of music, rising from an unfamiliar place, a touch of perfection in the flow of human dealings - I lean my head slowly to one side, reflect on the camellia on the moss on the temple, reflect on a cup of tea, while outside the wind is rustling foliage, the forward rush of life is crystalized in a brilliant jewel of a moment that knows neither projects nor future, human destiny is rescued from the pale succession of days, glows with light at last and, surpassing time, warms my tranquil heart.”

“Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut feeling is that on the inside, she has the same simple refinement as the hedgehog: a deceptively indolent little creature, fiercely solitary--and terrible elegant.”

Littles Real Feelings Simple Terrible Creatures Guts Covered Solitary Elegant Elegance Refinement Fortresses Gut Feelings Quills Hedgehogs

Author:Muriel Barbery

“When you're given a brilliant child you polish her and let her shine. Pigs in Heaven”

Children Given Heaven Shining Brilliant Pigs Polish

Book:Pigs in Heaven

Source: Pigs in Heaven

“It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings.”

Men Made Moments Danger Strange Discovery Misery Comparison Swings Exhilaration Pendulums

Book:The Power and the Glory

Source: The Power and the Glory

Quote by Charlotte Bronte

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