He was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
EMILY BRONTENonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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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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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Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
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How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me.
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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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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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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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I never told my love vocally still.
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I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.
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You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!
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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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Look on the grave where thou must sleep Thy last, and strongest foe; It is endurance not to weep, If that repose seem woe.
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I’ll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!
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Wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
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