ALMS TO LOVE
she said, voice clear and calm, "Charlotte Brontë gave Jane Eyre something no woman was readily granted in her day—rage, restraint, desire, independence. Jane chooses herself, even when it costs her the man she loves."
A hand went up. "But doesn't she still end up with Rochester?"
Fiona half-smiled, crossing her arms. "She does. But on her own terms. After it all. After taking her voice."
She paced a bit, the edge of her coat sweeping across the floor. "That's what literature tends to teach us, subtly or otherwise. The price of selfness. The battle to be considered more than a role."
Her own words ringing in her ears—the effort to be more than a title. Professor. Mother. Fake fiancée. Woman
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