I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
EMILY BRONTEBy this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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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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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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My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.
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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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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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Vain are the thousand creeds That move men’s hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main.
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Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!
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How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
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She burned too bright for this world.
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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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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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By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
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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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I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
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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 wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free… Why am I so changed? I’m sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.
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There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou – Thou art Being and Breath, And what Thou art may never be destroyed.
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Honest people don’t hide their deeds.
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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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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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Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
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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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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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