“ By dying young, I shall escape great sufferings. I had not qualities or talents to make my way very well in the world: I should have been continually at fault. ”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (16 October 1847). copy citation
| Author | Charlotte Brontë |
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| Source | Jane Eyre |
| Topic | death youth pain |
| Date | 16 October 1847 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1260/1260-h/1260-h.htm |
Context
“We all must die one day, and the illness which is removing me is not painful; it is gentle and gradual: my mind is at rest. I leave no one to regret me much: I have only a father; and he is lately married, and will not miss me. By dying young, I shall escape great sufferings. I had not qualities or talents to make my way very well in the world: I should have been continually at fault.»
«But where are you going to, Helen? Can you see? Do you know?»
«I believe; I have faith: I am going to God.»
«Where is God? What is God?»
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«But where are you going to, Helen? Can you see? Do you know?»
«I believe; I have faith: I am going to God.»
«Where is God? What is God?»
” source
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