Vain are the thousand creeds That move men’s hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main.
EMILY BRONTEA messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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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The winter wind is loud and wild, Come close to me, my darling child; Forsake thy books, and mate less play; And, while the night is gathering grey, We’ll talk its pensive hours away.
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I never told my love vocally still.
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I will walk where my own nature would be leading.
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And, even yet, I dare not let it languish, Dare not indulge in memory’s rapturous pain; Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again?
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You’re hard to please: so many friends and so few cares, and can’t make yourself content.
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How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
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I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
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I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free… Why am I so changed? I’m sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.
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May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you – haunt me, then.
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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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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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
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