Life Too Short — Charlotte Brontë Quote Mug

You're rehearsing last week's argument in the shower again. The other person forgot it days ago.

"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."
— Charlotte Brontë
Helen Burns, in Jane Eyre, Chapter 6, 1847. We check every line against a primary source.

Helen speaks it at a harsh charity school, the same day she's punished in front of the class. She still won't keep score.

Pour it. Let it go.

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