When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
I would always rather be happy than dignified.
CB Charlotte BrontëNovelist · 1816–1855Ý nghĩa của trích dẫn này
A choice for warmth over appearances. Brontë’s narrator prefers genuine happiness to the stiff comfort of dignity — a small, freeing act of honesty.
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English novelist and eldest of the literary Brontë sisters, author of Jane Eyre, a landmark of passion, conscience, and independence.
This line is among the quotes by Charlotte Brontë that readers return to on bình yên, drawn from Jane Eyre — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.