Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
EMILY BRONTEYou 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.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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I will walk where my own nature would be leading.
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I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
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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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I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.
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Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?
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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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The old church tower and garden wall Are black with autumn rain And dreary winds foreboding call The darkness down again.
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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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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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Last night, I was on the threshold of hell. To-day, I am within sight of my heaven. I have my eyes on it: hardly three feet to sever me!
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I have fled my country and gone to the heather.
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. But if you be afraid of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.
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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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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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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.
EMILY BRONTE