Charlotte Bronce

Today's quotist is Charlotte Bronce. It seems that there isn't much information on her so I will try to give you as much as I can. She lived from 1816-1855. She was the third born of four sisters. When she was 8 years old she was sent to a Clergy Daughter's School. After a short time of being there, her two eldest sisters, got sick, they were sent home, and later died. After this event, Charlotte and her younger sister were brought home to stay. Later in her life after moving around a lot, she decided to publish some of her sisters poems, the following year, herself and two of her other sisters got books published. Soon after, the rest of her sisters died from unknown reasons. Later in 1854, Charlotte caught pneumonia. She was pregnant at the time and thought of being sick as the perfect opportunity to end her life. She could have gotten a cure but decided to let it kill her. After a long illness, she died in 1855. 3 years later, a publisher looked at her book The Professor and they decided to publish it.
Charlotte's quote that I have is, "The shadows are as important as the light." This quote I believe would probably tie in with, "keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer." In my opinion, what I think that means is everyone thinks that the good side is always the important part but sometimes important things come out of the dark also.

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