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Quote by Charlotte Bronte

“For a long time the fear of seeming singular scared me away; but by degrees, as people became accustomed to me and my habits, and to such shadows of peculiarity as were engrained in my nature - shades, certainly not striking enough to interest, and perhaps not prominent enough to offend, but born in and with me, and no more to be parted with than my identity - but slow degrees I became a frequenter of this straight narrow path.”

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Charlotte Bronte

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

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