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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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"No sight so sad as that of a naughty child," he began, "especially a naughty little girl. Do you know where the wicked go after death?"

"They go to hell," was my ready and orthodox answer.

"And what is Hell? Can you tell me that?"

"A pit full of fire."

"And should you like to fall into that pit and be burning there forever?"

"No, sir."

"What must you do to avoid it?"

I deliberated a moment; my answer when it did come, was
objectionable. "I must keep in good health and not die"

- Jane Eyre and Mr. Brocklehurst, clergyman

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"Do you think, because I am poor, and plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! --I have as much soul as you, -- and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty, and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you."

- Jane Eyre, to Mr. Rochester

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