Feeling without judgement is a washy draught indeed; but judgement untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.

I am not your dear; I cannot lie down: send me to school soon, Mrs. Reed, for I hate to live here.

I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close set bars of a cage: a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there; were it but free, it would soar cloud-high.

Shake me off, then, sir--push me away; for I'll not leave you of my own accord.

Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive.

Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice.

Now for the hitch in Jane's character,' he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him to speak. 'The reel of silk has run smoothly enough so far; but I always knew there would come a knot and a puzzle: here it is. Now for vexation, and exasperation, and endless trouble!