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Quotation from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

“Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel”

Charlotte Brontë (spoken by Jane Eyre (narrator))

Jane Eyre, Chapter XII (Project Gutenberg #1260)

Portrait of Charlotte Brontë

Pacing the roof of Thornfield, restless in her quiet life, Jane reflects that women need exercise for their faculties as much as men do.

Citation: "Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel" — Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XII (Project Gutenberg #1260). (id jane-eyre-q4)

Portrait: Jane Eyre title page, Unknown author, Public domain.

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