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In celebration of Charlotte Brontë’s 200th birthday (born April 21st, 1816), here are some of my favorite Jane Eyre covers.

wordsnquotes

“Life is not a problem. To look at it as a problem is to take a wrong step. It is a mystery to be lived, loved, experienced.”

—

Osho

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catbishonen

“This, I say. This and this. The way his hair looked in summer sun. His face when he ran. His eyes, solemn as an owl at lessons. This and this and this. So many moments of happiness, crowding forward.” ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

incorrectkingkillerquotes

“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”

— Denna stating facts

juderagnarsson

The Incomplete History of Performances by Willem Ragnarsson (Part 3/3):

“I know my life’s meaningful,” Willem had said, suddenly, and Richard had smiled at him.

“Of course your life’s meaningful,” JB had said. “You make things people actually want to see, unlike me and Malcolm and Richard and Henry here.”

“No,” Willem said, after they’d all stopped laughing. “I know my life’s meaningful because”—and here he stopped, and looked shy, and was silent for a moment before he continued—“because I’m a good friend. I love my friends, and I care about them, and I think I make them happy.”

- A LITTLE LIFE, HANYA YANAGIHARA

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Hanya Yanagihara at St. Joseph’s College, 1/28/16

foxxway

“On our wedding night,“ she said, "I will cut out your tongue and swallow it. Then both tongues that spoke our marriage vows will belong to me, and I will be wed only to myself. You will most likely choke to death on your own blood, which will be unfortunate, but I will be both husband and wife and therefore not a widow to be pitied.”

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