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.
EMILY BRONTEWhatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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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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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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How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
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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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Though earth and man were gone, And suns and universes ceased to be, And Thou wert left alone, Every existence would exist in Thee.
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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 all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.
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By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
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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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That is how I’m loved! Well, never mind. That is not my Heathcliff. I shall love mine yet; and take him with me: he’s in my soul.
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I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.
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If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.
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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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