I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustom…

Charlotte Bronte
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I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much. ✨ Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.43, Penguin
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I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much. ✨ Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), p.43, Penguin

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