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Charlotte Bronte Quotes about Loneliness

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The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.

The trouble is not that I am single and likely to stay single, but that I am lonely and likely to stay lonely.

Charlotte Bronte
Single, Lonely, Loneliness

Peril, loneliness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as Liberty lends us her wings, and Hope guides us by her star.

Charlotte Bronte
Stars, Loneliness, Wings
Charlotte Bronte (2016). “Villette”, p.56, Xist Publishing

Even for me life had its gleams of sunshine.

Charlotte Bronte
Life, Depression, Loneliness
Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.36, Penguin

Whatever the cause, I could not meet his sunshine with cloud. If this were my last moment with him, I would not waste it in forced, unnatural distance. I loved him well - too well not to smite out of my path even Jealousy herself, when she would have obstructed a kind farewell. A cordial word from his lips, or a gentle look from his eyes, would do me good, for all the span of life that remained to me; it would be comfort in the last strait of loneliness; I would take it - I would taste the elixir, and pride should not spill the cup.

Charlotte Bronte
Distance, Loneliness, Farewell
Charlotte Bronte (2016). “Villette”, p.464, Xist Publishing

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