Anne Bronte Quotes

“What a fool you must be," said my head to my heart, or my sterner to my softer self.”
― Anne bronte, Agnes Grey

“I have no objection whatever to your representing me as a little eccentric, since you and your learned friends would have it so; only don't set me on in my fury to burning hearthrugs, sawing the backs off chairs, and tearing my wife's silk gowns... Had I been numbered amongst the calm, concentric men of the world, I should not have been as I now am, and I should in all probability never have had such children as mine have been.”
― Patrick Brontë

“I wonder. If I had you wear that mask today, Anne, would you find the courage to tell me what is troubling you?" 

Anne would very much have liked to confide in her father, but where in the world would she begin? 

He leaned over and whispered in her ear. "I will tell you a secret, my dear. All of my children are shy. They have simply learned the art of wearing masks.”
― Lena Coakley, Worlds of Ink and Shadow

“Lepota je svojstvo, koja je pored novca uvek najprivlačnija za najgoru vrstu ljudi. Verovatno je da će navući mnoge nevolje onome ko je poseduje.”
― Anne Brontë

“We are so isolated here in Haworth, with no one of our own age to befriend, and the men and women of Verdopolis are real, in a way. It wouldn't seem strange to me if... Someone... Might even fall in love with one of them.”
― Lena Coakley, Worlds of Ink and Shadow

“I wonder. If I had you wear that mask today, Anne, would you find the courage to tell me what is troubling you?"

Anne would very much have liked to confide in her father, but where in the world would she begin?

He leaned over and whispered in her ear. "I will tell you a secret, my dear. All of my children are shy. They have simply learned the art of wearing masks.”
― Lena Coakley

“I like my blood warm. I find cold blood as appetizing as an old stale cup of coffee. It's hard to choke down, but then again I'm finicky.”
― Gea Haff, Anne Brontë: Nightwalker

“It was somehow fitting that the true beginning and the end of a life occurred in the same sacred house. Anne would have praised God and Emily would have laughed. On this day, their presence was fully with me, and I am sure that Charlotte—now kissing the man she loved despite everything the world had thrown at her—felt the same twined souls invisibly at her side.”
― Amy Wolf, The Misses Brontë's Establishment

“I was born a girl in a world of Branwells, but I shall be more than I am meant.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Glass Town Game