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.
EMILY BRONTEWorthless as wither’d weeds.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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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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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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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.
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Terror made me cruel; and finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes.
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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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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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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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She burned too bright for this world.
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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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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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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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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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A person who has not done one half his day’s work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.
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