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.
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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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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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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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
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It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.
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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go.
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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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I never told my love vocally still.
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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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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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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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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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
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