Key Quotes Flashcards
Red room “N_ J___ W__ ever M____ secure”
“No jail was ever more secure”
Jane to Helen, on the subject of Miss Scatcherd: “If she S____ m_ with that r__, I should g__ I_ f___ h__ h____; I should b____ it under h__ n____”
“If she struck me with that rod, I should get it from her hand; I should break it under her nose”
Helen to Jane “It is w____ and S____ to say you cannot b___ what is your f____ to be r______ to b____”
“It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what is your fate to be required to bear”
Jane to Helen “I m____ r______ those who p_____ me u_______”
“I must resist those who punish me unjustly”
Helen to Jane “you a__ t_ i______”
“You are too impulsive”
Helen to Jane “life is so soon o____, and d____ is so c______ an e_____ to h_______”
“Life is so soon over, and death is so certain an entrance to happiness”
Jane “W_____ are supposed to be v____ c____ g________: but women f___ just as m___ f____”
“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel”
Rochester to Jane “do you a____ with m_ that I h____ a r____ to be a l____ m______?”
“Do you agree with me that I have a right to be a little masterful?”
Janes response to Rochester’s remark about being masterful “I d___ think, s___, you have a r____ to c_______ me, m_____ b_____ you are o_____ t_____ I”
“I don’t think,sir, you have a right to command me, merely because you are older than I”
Rochester to Jane “I e____ y___ y____ p____ of m____”
“I envy you your peace of mind”
Rochester to Jane “r____ is the p_____ of l____”
“Remorse is the poison of life”
During the evening with Rochester’s guests: “I s___ in the s___”
“I sit in the shade”
Blanche Ingram on governesses: “T___ are a n____”
“They are a nuisance”
Jane’s description of Rochester during the game of charades “H_ looked the very m____ of an E____ E____”
“He looked the very model of an Eastern emir”
Jane thinks what’s behind the door is a “w____ b____”, “a m______ d_____”
“Wild beast” “a mocking demon”