"It is not an easy thing to be a woman and love with the whole heart: which men do not understand -- having many loves, and delighting in danger and war."

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The vehemence of emotion, stirred by grief and love within me, was claiming mastery, and struggling for full sway; and asserting a right to predominate: to overcome, to live, rise, and reign at last; yes,--and to speak.

— Charlotte Bronte