Quote by Anne Bronte
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If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them – not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone. – Anne Bronte

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Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe. – Anne Bronte

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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself . – Anne Bronte

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A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. – Anne Bronte

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I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone. – Cyrano de Bergerac

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I very much wished not to be noticed, and to be left alone, and I sort of succeeded. – Mary Oliver

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Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when youre hurt, youre really on your own. Youre alone, and theres no one to help you. – Octavia Butler

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Its only when youre alone that you realize where you are. You have nothing to fall back on except your own resources. – Paul Theroux

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