Good words,” I replied. “But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don’t forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.
EMILY BRONTEHereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Worthless as wither’d weeds.
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What kind of living will it be when you – Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?
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He was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
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If 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.
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He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!
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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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My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.
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It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.
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Honest people don’t hide their deeds.
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How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me.
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I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow.
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Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, While the world’s tide is bearing me along; Sterner desires and darker hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong.
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Wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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