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 I shall get it of you: which I do not at all anticipate.― Charlotte Brontë

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A beautiful sketch made from pure imagination is priceless.

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The gender stereotypes introduced in childhood are reinforced throughout our lives and become self-fulfilling prophesies. Most leadership positions are held by men, so women don’t expect to achieve them, and that becomes one of the reasons they don’t. -- Sheryl Sandberg

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I've got my indignation but I'm pure in all my thoughts.

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I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.― Charlotte Brontë

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My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

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