Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soull…

Charlotte Bronte
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Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! - I have as much soul as you, - and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you! ✨ Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre, W. W. Norton & Company
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