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!
EMILY BRONTEIf I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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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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You’re hard to please: so many friends and so few cares, and can’t make yourself content.
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The clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.
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He’ll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.
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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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She burned too bright for this world.
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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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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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Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
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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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I have to remind myself to breathe — almost to remind my heart to beat!
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If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.
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It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.
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