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.
EMILY BRONTENonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
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You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties, for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.
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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow.
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I will walk where my own nature would be leading.
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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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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.
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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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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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And, even yet, I dare not let it languish, Dare not indulge in memory’s rapturous pain; Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again?
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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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I see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.
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Worthless as wither’d weeds.
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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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