I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.
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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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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I never told my love vocally still.
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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!
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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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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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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
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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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Honest people don’t hide their deeds.
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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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By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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