Nonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
EMILY BRONTE
EMILY BRONTE
Emily Bronte on imagination
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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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Emily BronteEmily Bronte The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte 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.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte 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 BronteEmily Bronte Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I woke sobbing for joy.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte 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!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte Last night, I was on the threshold of hell. To-day, I am within sight of my heaven. I have my eyes on it: hardly three feet to sever me!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.
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