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.
EMILY BRONTENo coward soul is mine.
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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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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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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Wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
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Worthless as wither’d weeds.
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Vain are the thousand creeds That move men’s hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main.
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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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If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
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Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, While the world’s tide is bearing me along; Sterner desires and darker hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong.
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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.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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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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Honest people don’t hide their deeds.
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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.
EMILY BRONTE







