We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence.
Charlotte BronteThat to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure.
Charlotte BronteI have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.
Charlotte BronteOn the contrary, I'm a universal patriot, if you could understand me rightly: my country is the world.
Charlotte BronteI sat down and tried to rest. I could not; though I had been on foot all day, I could not now repose an instant; I was too much excited. A phase of my life was closing tonight, a new one opening tomorrow: impossible to slumber in the interval; I must watch feverishly while the change was being accomplished.
Charlotte Bronte