夏洛蒂·勃朗特写的情书!
1842年，夏洛蒂·勃朗特(Charlotte Brontë)远赴布鲁塞尔的一间女子学校求学，她爱上了法国文学的教授Constantin Héger，但后者已有家室。1844年，勃朗特回到家乡后，相思难耐，频繁写信，向Héger教授表达爱慕与思念之情。但Héger教授少有回信，甚至撕毁她的来信。耐人寻味的是，是教授的妻子从废纸篓中把信找了出来又重新拼好，才让后世人得以一窥《简·爱》作者陷入疯狂爱恋却求而不得时绝望又炽热的情感。读这些文字，你会想到张爱玲说的：“喜欢一个人，就是卑微到尘埃里，然后开出花来。”
Monsieur, the poor do not need a great deal to live on – they ask only the crumbs of bread which fall from the rich men’s table – but if they are refused these crumbs - they die of hunger - No more do I need a great deal of affection from those I love – I would not know what to do with a whole and complete friendship – I am not accustomed to it – but you showed a little interest in me in days gone by when I was your pupil in Brussels – and I cling to the preservation of this little interest – I cling to it as I would cling on to life.
先生，穷人不需要太多来活命，他们只祈求富人餐桌上掉落的一点面包屑，但如果他们连这点面包屑都被拒绝给予，他们就会饿死。我渴望从我爱之人那里获得的感情也不过如此。一段完整而完满的友情会让我不知所措，我并不习惯于拥有它，但是，如果您对我能表现出哪怕一点点关爱，就像在布鲁塞尔我还是您的学生时那样，我就会紧紧抓住这一点点的关爱，我依附于此，就像我依附于生命。
