1. "I would rather drift from place to place in the storm of life, and after a life in the world, I will yearn for the peace in which I am now very dissatisfied."（我更愿意在人生的风暴中四处漂泊，在世界中度过一生后，我会渴望我现在所不满的平静。）
2. "In this book, there is no savior. All the hardships in life can only be overcome by ourselves. Jane's strength runs through her whole life."（在这本书里，没有救世主。生活中的所有困难只能靠我们自己克服。简的力量贯穿她的一生。）
3. "Even if the whole world hates you and believes that you are bad, as long as you have a clear conscience and know that you are innocent, you won't have no friends."（即使全世界都恨你，认为你不好，只要你问心无愧，知道自己是清白的，你就不会没有朋友。）
4. "You are playing a funny play, and I can only laugh at it."（你在演一出滑稽的戏，我只能对此发笑。）
5. "Life is too short, can not be used vengeful build hate."（人生苦短，不能用来记仇建恨。）
6. "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!"（你以为我穷、卑微、长相平庸、个子瘦小，就没有灵魂、没有心吗？你想错了!我和你一样有灵魂，一样多的感情。）
7. "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."（如果上帝赐予我一些美貌和财富，我一定会让你难以离开我，就像我现在难以离开你一样。）
8. "You know some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are just too bright."（你知道，有些鸟儿是注定不会被关住的，它们的羽毛太美丽了。）
9. "There is something inside, that they can't get to, that they can't touch. That's yours."（有一种内在的东西，他们抵达不了，也无法触及的，那是你的。）
10. "I think the bird flies but the sea birds fly, is that no courage of the sea, years later I discovered, not the bird flies past, but not the other side of the sea, and had no waiting."（我以为小鸟飞不过沧海，是因为小鸟没有飞过沧海的勇气，后来我才发现，不是小鸟飞不过去，而是沧海的那一头，早已没有了等待。）
这些句子不仅体现了简·爱坚定的意志和对爱情的执着，也展示了她作为一个女性角色在当时社会中的独立与坚强个性。这些语录至今仍然被人们引用，成为英语文学中的经典。
