以下這一段是簡愛中最著名的一段了.
Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal — as we are!
Jane to Mr. Rochester (Ch. 23)
你以為我窮,不好看,就 沒有感情嗎?我也會的,如果上帝賦予我財(cái)富和美貌,我一定使你難于離開我! 就象現(xiàn)在我難于離開你!上帝沒有這樣!我們的精神是同等的!就如同你跟我經(jīng) 過墳?zāi)?將同樣站在上帝面前!