Charlotte Quotes

I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations.

Jane, I never meant to wound you thus...Will you ever forgive me?" Reader, I forgave him at the moment and on the spot.

And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down.

It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be tranquil which had failed me, but the reason for tranquility was no more.

Great pains were taken to hide chains with flowers

I could not unlove him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me.

Rochester: I am to take mademoiselle to the moon, and there I shall seek a cave in one of the white valleys among the volcano-tops, and mademoiselle shall live with me there, and only me.

I think you will learn to be natural with me, as I find it impossible to be conventional with you

Is there not a terrible hollowness, mockery, want, craving, in that existence which is given away to others, for want of something of your own to bestow it on?

It is always the way of events in this life,...no sooner have you got settled in a pleasant resting place, than a voice calls out to you to rise and move on, for the hour of repose is expired.

On the contrary, I'm a universal patriot, if you could understand me rightly: my country is the world.

I ask you to pass through life at my side—to be my second self, and best earthly companion.

The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living - the West-End but enjoying its pleasure.

If men could see us as we really are, they would be a little amazed.

You have rather the look of another world. I marvelled where you had got that sort of face.

I don't wish to treat you like an inferior: that is (correcting himself), I claim only such superiority as must result from twenty years' difference in age and a century's advance in experience.

The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint; the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him

It is good to be attracted out of ourselves, to be forced to take a near view of the sufferings, the privations, the efforts, the difficulties of others.

We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act ... It is often through taking action that we can discover some of them.

People learn to lead because they care about something.

But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship.

my uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.

I can't believe there's a website which counts down until I'm legal. It is quite sick and perverted when you think about it. These people must have a lot of time on their hands.

I love being in America.

I don't want to go too far away from what I'm doing now because that would alienate my audience.

It was quite strange, because it's quite different from singing, although it's quite natural because you're used to performing or acting on stage.

In an era where digital or virtual is the default, the actual coming together into a physical space has to be an experience that you don't want to miss.

The real beauty of the time we're living through is that we can deploy our self-image in ways that can have radical social implications.

Every time you enter a space, you are on public display. Nothing is private.

We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers.

Putting my face in food is not a habit I have unless I'm really drunk.

So, because I have a mental illness I should disappear and hide? Ever since I went into hospital, all I have heard and read about is people telling me what they think I should do.

Let me wake up next to you, have coffee in the morning, and wander through the city with your hand in mine.

I just want to be someone, to mean something to anyone.

I came to understand that people come and see you because they like you. They don't come to throw things at you.

When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.

Maybe, in the back of my head, I'm thinking I have to do as much as I can. It'll stop.

I don't have a career plan. I've never done that. Things happen accidentally and I've been lucky.

It was very liberating to be able to sing in English. It had a different resonance, different images. It was like being a stranger in a foreign land, which was helpful.

I don't want to feel that I'm a singer or an actress - being able to say that those are just experiences is what I enjoy.

I was so lucky because I started working very young. And my father was very wealthy and I didn't need to work. I did my films.

I think, being an actress, you know that you're getting old. I'm 44. I mean, an agent said when I turned 40, "It won't get better."

I would love to be able to do a film. I would love to be able to focus on what excites me in watching actors.

I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do the opposite: simple ballads.

I don't like being on my own. I'm happy meeting people and collaborating.

I started so old, so the touring world will always be a foreign land for me. I'll never be someone who's "been on the road."

I haven't found a comfortable place onstage. I'm sure it doesn't have to be comfortable, but I'm very nervous, so I don't enjoy myself.

I didn't go to acting school, so it was great to be able to rehearse for a month or two, to workshop, and be with a director who even gave me acting exercises.

I hope I'll consider my next part, having learnt from this one.

At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.