"Conventionality is not morality."
Charlotte Bronte
We all wish to do what is right. However, what is right in our hearts does not always necessarily coincide with societal norms. Morality is born in our hearts and though it may correlate with particular morals of a certain culture it is ultimately an individual responsibility.
Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was an English author of novels and poetry. She was the eldest of three sisters that survived to adult age. Her younger sisters Emily and Anne were also authors of note. Bronte's most famous work is Jane Eyre which she wrote under the pen name Currer Bell. The book revolutionized modern fiction with its precedent of the main character's inner battles of consciousness along with social critique. Bronte's writing would influence such luminaries as James Joyce and Marcel Proust. She was very outspoken of her high sense of morals and tended to preach tolerance over revolution.
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