You can imagine, Ellen, how unhappy I felt in that unpleasant house. I knew that only four miles away was my real home, Thrushcross Grange, containing the only people I loved in the world. But those four miles were like an OCEAN, which I could not cross!
Eğer kişi kaybolan gençliğe ağıt yakmayı bırakır ve insanlık halinin gerçekliklerini tümüyle kabul ederse, gelecek yıllar artan üretkenlik ve memnuniyetin dönemi olabilir." (a.g.e., s. 1166)