It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
EMILY BRONTEIt is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.
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It is hard to forgive, and to look at those eyes, and feel those wasted hands,’ he answered. ‘Kiss me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer—but yours! How can I?
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I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide: Where the grey flocks in ferny glens are feeding; Where the wild wind blows on the mountain-side.
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!
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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!
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I will walk where my own nature would be leading.
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It’s no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,’ she muttered.
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
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How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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Nay, you’ll be ashamed of me everyday of your life,” he answered; “and the more ashamed, the more you know me; and I cannot bide it.
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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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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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