Nonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
EMILY BRONTEI cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
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If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.
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I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.
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I have to remind myself to breathe — almost to remind my heart to beat!
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I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.
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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. But if you be afraid of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.
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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties, for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.
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I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.
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Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!
EMILY BRONTE