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.
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 love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.
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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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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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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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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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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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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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I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide: Where the grey flocks in ferny glens are feeding; Where the wild wind blows on the mountain-side.
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Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.
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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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I have fled my country and gone to the heather.
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It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.
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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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