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 BRONTEI’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.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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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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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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Nonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou – Thou art Being and Breath, And what Thou art may never be destroyed.
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The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.
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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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I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow.
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Yes, as my swift days near their goal, ’tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.
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A person who has not done one half his day’s work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.
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I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
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