Key Jane Eyre quotes

Small quotes to remember

Helen burns is ‘like a …’

‘…reflection from the aspect of an angel’

Bertha’s ‘demonic laugh’ is

‘dark and low’

Rochester has a ‘strange…’

‘…fire in his look’

Jane describes her portrait as

‘disconnected, poor and plain’

Jane describes Blanche’s portrait as

‘an accomplished lady of rank’

When leaving the Rivers, Jane ‘heard…’

‘… a voice somewhere cry- “Jane! Jane! Jane!”’

St John says that Jane is ‘formed for…’

‘…labour, not for love’

Helen tells Jane she must ‘love…’

‘…your enemies, bless them that curse you’

Jane says that Rochester’s ‘presence in a room...’

‘… was more cheering than a brightness in a fire’

Jane describes St. John as

‘a cold hard ambitious man’

Jane tells Rochester ‘I am no…’

‘…bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will’

Jane contrasts Helen saying ‘I am…’

‘…not an angel.. and I will not be one till I die’

Rochester tells Jane he will ‘figuratively…’

‘…attach you to a chain’