Quote of the Day for Tuesday, October 6, 2026

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it

Jane Eyre, in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, 1847

Our note: Jane, restless on the roof of Thornfield Hall.

Verified in the full text of Jane Eyre on Project Gutenberg · Project Gutenberg ebook #1260

Painted the same decade: Study of a Female Nude, Henri Lehmann, 1840

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