By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
EMILY BRONTEIf 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.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Honest people don’t hide their deeds.
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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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The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go.
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Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?
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I never told my love vocally still.
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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
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I can say with sincerity that I like cats. A cat is an animal which has more human feelings than almost any other.
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Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
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I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
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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.
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I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. But if you be afraid of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.
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I will walk where my own nature would be leading.
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Terror made me cruel.
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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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