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?
EMILY BRONTEEvery leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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The old church tower and garden wall Are black with autumn rain And dreary winds foreboding call The darkness down again.
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Look on the grave where thou must sleep Thy last, and strongest foe; It is endurance not to weep, If that repose seem woe.
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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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It is hard to forgive, and to look at those eyes, and feel those wasted hands,’ he answered. ‘Kiss me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer—but yours! How can I?
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I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.
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A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.
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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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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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Though earth and man were gone, And suns and universes ceased to be, And Thou wert left alone, Every existence would exist in Thee.
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Last 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!
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.
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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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I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
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If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
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