Devotion (1946)
Olivia de Havilland: Charlotte Brontë
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Quotes
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Charlotte Bronte : People will always quarrel over Branwell.
Emily Bronte : And Branwell will always like it.
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Charlotte Bronte : I know nothing. I understand nothing. And yet, I have dared to write 200,000 words about life!
[tosses manuscript on floor]
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Charlotte Bronte : My brother, Branwell, always said, 'To ride in the park with Thackeray would be the height of success.'
William Makepeace Thackeray : He was quite right. Of course it 'tis.
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Charlotte Bronte : Is it prosaic to want to escape from this, this rut in which we've spent all our lives? Is it ignoble to yearn for a bigger world? A world rich in material for the books we shall one day write?
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Charlotte Bronte : I was wondering if you will ever walk with me on the Moors of Haworth.
William Makepeace Thackeray : Huh! Moors were created to be written about, not walked on.
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Charlotte Bronte : I wish you'd treat me as a grown-up person.
Constantin Heger : Ah, that would be a very dangerous thing to do.
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Charlotte Bronte : [Riding in a carriage with William Thackeray] Do they always stare at you like that in public?
William Makepeace Thackeray : They're staring at you, my dear.
Charlotte Bronte : Ohhh!
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Rev. Arthur Nicholls : Miss Emily has always given me the impression of being very happy in her rut, as you call it. And you?
Charlotte Bronte : And I?
Rev. Arthur Nicholls : You, I fear, will take your rut with you.