He was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
EMILY BRONTEIf 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.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.
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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?
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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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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.
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I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free… Why am I so changed? I’m sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.
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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there; not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart; but really with it, and in it.
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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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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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She burned too bright for this world.
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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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