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.
EMILY BRONTELove is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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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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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
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Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.
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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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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.
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I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide: Where the grey flocks in ferny glens are feeding; Where the wild wind blows on the mountain-side.
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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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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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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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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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Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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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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