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“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.”

Charlotte Brontë was born #OnThisDay in 1816 #ReadMoreWomen

“Spring drew on...and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”

Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre #ReadMoreWomen

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

Christina Rossetti❄️#ReadMoreWomen

“Am I walking toward something I should be running away from?”

Shirley Jackson was born #OnThisDay in 1916 #ReadMoreWomen

“That’s why we become witches: to show our scorn of pretending life’s a safe business, to satisfy our passion for adventure.”

Sylvia Townsend Warner was born #OnThisDay in 1893 #ReadMoreWomen

"Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling - I can so well remember it. There was always something more - behind and beyond everything - to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big."

Kate Greenaway #ReadMoreWomen

Since it's nearly Halloween, who is your favourite literary witch? 🔮 #ReadMoreWomen

"Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were – Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter."

Writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist, Beatrix Potter was born #OnThisDay in 1866 #ReadMoreWomen

"There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world."

English novelist and poet, Anne Brontë died #OnThisDay in 1849 #ReadMoreWomen

Like such a blind and senseless tree 
As I’ve imagined this to be, 
   All envious persons are: 
With care and culture all may find 
Some pretty flower in their own mind, 
   Some talent that is rare.

English writer, Mary Lamb died #OnThisDay in 1847 #ReadMoreWomen