freedom

"There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall."

"You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free."

"Who knows? Maybe they’re right. Maybe we are driven crazy by our feelings. Maybe love is a disease, and we would be better off without it. But we have chosen a different road. And in the end that is t…"

"He offered her the world. She said she had her own."

"Freely we serveBecause we freely love, as in our willTo love or not; in this we stand or fall."

"There was beauty in the idea of freedom, but it was an illusion. Every human heart was chained by love."

"I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me."

"If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them."

"They say a good love is one that sits you down, gives you a drink of water, and pats you on top of the head. But I say a good love is one that casts you into the wind, sets you ablaze, makes you burn …"

"The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad …"

"I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself. Mr. Rochester, you must neither expect nor exact anything celestial of me - for you will not get it, any more than …"

"It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m n…"