Quotation from: Villette

Written by: Charlotte Bronte

"Never would I be tractable in this matter. Law itself should not
compel me. I would pay a fine, or undergo an imprisonment, rather than
write for a show and to order, perched up on a platform."

"Could softer motives influence me? Would I yield for friendship's
sake?"

"Not a whit, not a hair-breadth. No form of friendship under the sun
had a right to exact such a concession. No true friendship would
harass me thus."