Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?
EMILY BRONTEHe was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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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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My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.
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I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.
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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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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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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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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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You’re hard to please: so many friends and so few cares, and can’t make yourself content.
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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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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’ll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!
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I cannot love thee; thou ‘rt worse than thy brother. Go, say thy prayers, child, and ask God’s pardon. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!
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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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