Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Quote on Laws & Principles & Temptation from Jane Eyre

"I will hold to the principles received by me when I was sane, and not mad--as I am now.  Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation...They have a worth--so I have always believed; and if I cannot believe it now, it is because I am insane--quite insane: with my veins running fire, and my heart beating faster than I can count its throbs." - Charlotte Bronte

(I came across this in the book Unseduced and Unshaken)

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