“Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold: we had no boots, the snow got into our shoes and melted there: our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning.Chapter 7 · Narrator · ★★★☆☆→
“My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks.Chapter 7 · Narrator · ★★★☆☆→
“Well has Solomon said—'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.'Chapter 8 · Narrator · ★★★☆☆→
“We shall think you what you prove yourself to be, my child. Continue to act as a good girl, and you will satisfy us.Chapter 8 · ★★★☆☆→
“"A new servitude! There is something in that," I soliloquised (mentally, be it understood; I did not talk aloud). "I know there is, because it does not sound too sweet; it is not like such words as Liberty, Excitement, Enjoyment: delightful sounds truly; but no more than sounds for me; and so hollow and fleeting that it is mere waste of time to listen to them."Chapter 10 · Jane Eyre · ★★★☆☆→
“Well, you know Missis always said they were poor and quite despicable: and they may be poor; but I believe they are as much gentry as the Reeds are; for one day, nearly seven years ago, a Mr. Eyre came to Gateshead and wanted to see youChapter 10 · ★★★☆☆→
“I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday.Chapter 5 · Narrator · ★★☆☆☆→
“"It's her, I am sure!—I could have told her anywhere!" cried the individual who stopped my progress and took my hand.Chapter 10 · ★★☆☆☆→
“Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold: we had no boots, the snow got into our shoes and melted there: our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed; and the torture of thrusting the swelled, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning.Chapter 7 · Narrator · ★★★☆☆→
“My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks.Chapter 7 · Narrator · ★★★☆☆→
“Well has Solomon said—'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.'Chapter 8 · Narrator · ★★★☆☆→
“We shall think you what you prove yourself to be, my child. Continue to act as a good girl, and you will satisfy us.Chapter 8 · ★★★☆☆→
“"A new servitude! There is something in that," I soliloquised (mentally, be it understood; I did not talk aloud). "I know there is, because it does not sound too sweet; it is not like such words as Liberty, Excitement, Enjoyment: delightful sounds truly; but no more than sounds for me; and so hollow and fleeting that it is mere waste of time to listen to them."Chapter 10 · Jane Eyre · ★★★☆☆→
“Well, you know Missis always said they were poor and quite despicable: and they may be poor; but I believe they are as much gentry as the Reeds are; for one day, nearly seven years ago, a Mr. Eyre came to Gateshead and wanted to see youChapter 10 · ★★★☆☆→
“I shuddered as I stood and looked round me: it was an inclement day for outdoor exercise; not positively rainy, but darkened by a drizzling yellow fog; all under foot was still soaking wet with the floods of yesterday.Chapter 5 · Narrator · ★★☆☆☆→
“"It's her, I am sure!—I could have told her anywhere!" cried the individual who stopped my progress and took my hand.Chapter 10 · ★★☆☆☆→
