Branwell Bronte Quotes & Sayings

The rage inside Charlotte crested to a peak. "I'm angry because Papa and Aunt Branwell never would have sent you here," she shouted. "Not to a charity school. Not the precious boy."
"I know that," Branwell said, his voice ragged. "I've always known that. Don't you think that might be hard to live with? — Lena Coakley

I know only that it is time for me to be something when I am nothing. — Patrick Branwell Bronte

In the next world I could not be worse than I am in this. — Patrick Branwell Bronte

Fortune, how fickle and how vain thou art, — Patrick Branwell Bronte

Life is a downward journey; all concur in saying it carries us downhill. — Patrick Branwell Bronte

Backward I look upon my life,
And see one waste of storm and strife,
One wrack of sorrows, hopes, and pain,
Vanishing to arise again!
That life has moved through evening, where
Continual shadows veiled my sphere;
From youth's horizon upward rolled
To life's meridian, dark and cold. — Patrick Branwell Bronte

In all my past life I have done nothing either great or good. — Patrick Branwell Bronte