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.
EMILY BRONTEI 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.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Yes, as my swift days near their goal, ’tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.
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Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?
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But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm’s length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I’ll rest.
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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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Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.
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It’s no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,’ she muttered.
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May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you – haunt me, then.
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Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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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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She burned too bright for this world.
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Worthless as wither’d weeds.
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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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