I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiabl…

Charlotte Bronte
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I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil spirits they would have made demons; as for me, I have only been a woe-struck and selfish woman. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2009). Villette, p.80, The Floating Press
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I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong, evil spirits they would have made demons; as for me, I have only been a woe-struck and selfish woman. ✨ Charlotte Bronte (2009). Villette, p.80, The Floating Press

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