Charlotte Bronte Quotes about Silence

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Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.

Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.

Charlotte Bronte

Silence, Different, Kind

Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Villette: Easyread Large Edition”, p.175, ReadHowYouWant.com

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Charlotte Bronte

Broken Heart, Dream, Silence

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2014). “Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell”, p.73, The Floating Press

I can but die... and I believe in God. Let me try and wait His will in silence.

Charlotte Bronte

Believe, Silence, Waiting

"Jane Eyre". Book by Charlotte Bronte, Jane (Ch. 28), October 16, 1847.

As to the mouth, it delights at times in laughter; it is disposed to impart all that the brain conceives; though I daresay it would be silent on much the heart experiences. Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.

Charlotte Bronte

Laughter, Heart, Silence

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.166, Penguin