Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
EMILY BRONTEHe’ll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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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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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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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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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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. But if you be afraid of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.
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I can say with sincerity that I like cats. A cat is an animal which has more human feelings than almost any other.
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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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He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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I cannot love thee; thou ‘rt worse than thy brother. Go, say thy prayers, child, and ask God’s pardon. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!
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Terror made me cruel.
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Good words,” I replied. “But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don’t forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.
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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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I’ll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!
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