He was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
EMILY BRONTEHonest people don’t hide their deeds.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.
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I cannot love thee; thou ‘rt worse than thy brother. Go, say thy prayers, child, and ask God’s pardon. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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The old church tower and garden wall Are black with autumn rain And dreary winds foreboding call The darkness down again.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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Wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
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Nonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.
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I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.
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I never told my love vocally still.
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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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A person who has not done one half his day’s work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.
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He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!
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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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