Anne Bronte Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: January 17, 1820 - May 28, 1849
Birthday: January 17
Death: May 28
The bud, though plucked, would not be withered, only transplanted to a fitter soil to ripen and blow beneath a brighter sun; and though I might not cherish and watch my child's unfolding intellect, he would be snatched away from all the suffering and sins of earth; and my understanding tells me this would be no great evil; but my heart shrinks from the contemplation of such a possibility, and whispers I could not bear to see him die.
topic: Children, Heart, Blow, Shrinks
