Chapter 9-16
“I lived long ago with mama; but she is gone to the Holy Virgin. Mama used to teach me to dance and sing, and to say verses… Shall I let you hear me sing now?”
—— Adela met Jane for the first time,she thought her mother was dead
“It is in vain to say human being ought to be satisfied with tranquility(平静): they must have action; and they will make it if that cannot find it… nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment(骚动) in the masses of life which people earth.Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel.”
—— Jane's boredom before she decided advertise for herself to get a new job
“I have plenty of faults of my own… I have a past existence… I like to lay half of the blame on ill fortune and adverse circumstances… I might have been as good as you,—wiser,—al most as stainless. I envy your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory.”
—— Mr. Rochester
“What have you done with me, witch,sorceress? Who is in the room besides you? Have you plotted to drown me?”
—— Mr. Rochester shouted at Jane after she saved his life from fire in his sleep
Chapter 16-20
“I always think it best to err on the safe side; a door is soon fastened, and it is as well to have a drawn bolt between one and any mischief(损害) that may be about. A deal of people, Miss, are for trusting all to Providence; but I say Providence will not dispense with the means,thought he often blesses them when they are used discreetly. And here she closed her harangue(长篇演说)… uttered with the demureness(严肃) of a Quakeress (贵格会教派女信徒).”
—— Grace Poole
“I have just one word to say of the whole tribe; they are a nuisance. Not that I ever suffered much from them; I took care to turn the table. What tricks Theodore and I used to play on our Miss Wilsons, and Mrs. Greys, and Madame Joubers!…”
—— Blanche's comment on governess
She bit me… She sucked the blood: she said she'd drain my heart.”
—— Mason
“My word is error.”
—— Mr. Rochester
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