I must, then, repeat continually that we are forever sundered - and yet, while I breathe and think, I must love him. ' - Jane Eyre
Who do you think you are, Jane Eyre? Grow up. Be sensible. Don't get carried away.
Of course I loved books more than people. Of course I valued "Jane Eyre" over the anonymous stranger. . . Of course all of Shakespeare was worth more than a human life.
Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out. No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want?
Jane Eyre "I desired more. . . than was within my reach. Who blames me? Many call me discontented. I couldn't help it: the restlessness is in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes.
Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.
I would love to do a sweeping romantic period drama, like Jane Eyre. That would be my dream. It's always been my dream, as far as acting.
I would pretend when I was a child that I was Charlotte Brontë, because I'd read Jane Eyre when I was ten and, although I didn't understand it, I loved the idea that this woman had written a book. I wanted to be her.
