Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. But if you be afraid of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.
EMILY BRONTEWhatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
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I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.
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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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You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!
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I have fled my country and gone to the heather.
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The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.
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Good words,” I replied. “But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don’t forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.
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Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
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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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We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.
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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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That is how I’m loved! Well, never mind. That is not my Heathcliff. I shall love mine yet; and take him with me: he’s in my soul.
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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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