He was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
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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Look on the grave where thou must sleep Thy last, and strongest foe; It is endurance not to weep, If that repose seem woe.
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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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I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
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I have to remind myself to breathe — almost to remind my heart to beat!
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Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.
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I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.
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Worthless as wither’d weeds.
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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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Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
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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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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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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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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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