Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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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You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!
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It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.
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The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go.
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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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Honest people don’t hide their deeds.
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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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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Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
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Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.
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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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Nay, you’ll be ashamed of me everyday of your life,” he answered; “and the more ashamed, the more you know me; and I cannot bide it.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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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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But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm’s length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I’ll rest.
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