Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
EMILY BRONTEYou have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties, for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.
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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You know, I’ve had a bitter, hard life since I last heard your voice and if I’ve survived it’s all because of you.
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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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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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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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What kind of living will it be when you – Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?
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I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
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Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!
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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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Cold in the earth and the deeps now piled above thee, Far, far, removed, cold in the dreary grave! Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee, Severed at last byTime’s all-serving wave?
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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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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 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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