It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
EMILY BRONTEI am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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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Wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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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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I’ll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!
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I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow.
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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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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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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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I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.
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No coward soul is mine.
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Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
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I have to remind myself to breathe — almost to remind my heart to beat!
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