“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”

“Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation.""I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”

“I am a free human being with an independent will."Jane Eyre”

“Do you think me, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless?”

“I am sure, sir, I should never mistake informality for insolence: one I rather like, the other nothing free-born would submit to, even for a salary”

“I am the only being whose doom no tongue would ask, no eye would mourn.”

“I am not fond of the prattle of children,' he continued; 'for, old bachelor as I am, I have no pleasant associations connected with their lisp. It would be intolerable to me to pass a whole evening tete-a-tete with a brat...”