I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.
EMILY BRONTELast 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!
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.
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It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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Nay, you’ll be ashamed of me everyday of your life,” he answered; “and the more ashamed, the more you know me; and I cannot bide it.
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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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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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Nonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you – haunt me, then.
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Wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
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Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
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No coward soul is mine.
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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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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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