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No no never mind. Everyone should be a Jane. Her strong sense of justice amidst a culture that silences women and children is satisfying.
“But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved.”
— May 07, 2026 09:00AM
“But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved.”
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My dear Helen. What an injustice that has been done to you.
— Jun 01, 2026 08:20AM
My dear Helen. What an injustice that has been done to you.
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“Helen, why do you stay with a girl whom everybody believes to be a liar?”
“Everybody, Jane? Why, there are only eighty people who have heard you called so, and the world contains hundreds of millions.”
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— May 18, 2026 12:59PM
“Everybody, Jane? Why, there are only eighty people who have heard you called so, and the world contains hundreds of millions.”
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“Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.”
Wordy but I like it. I want to be a principled Helen Burns, but I’m more of a Jane Eyre I think.
— May 07, 2026 08:42AM
Wordy but I like it. I want to be a principled Helen Burns, but I’m more of a Jane Eyre I think.
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“She ought to look” or “ought to be”. I’m reminded that our present culture is progressive. In the 1800s, a child was seen and not heard, expected to project a dutiful happiness instead of their true misery.
— May 06, 2026 06:49AM
“…I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime, I can sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last; with this creed, revenge never worries my heart, degradation never too deeply disgusts me, injustice never crushes me too low; I live in calm, looking to the end.”
Finding a happy medium between the two ideals is best. Foregoing passion is an impossible and ill-advised task, but Helen has a point that letting slights alter one’s temperament too much is unproductive.