I cannot love thee; thou ‘rt worse than thy brother. Go, say thy prayers, child, and ask God’s pardon. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!
EMILY BRONTETreachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.
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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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Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.
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You know, I’ve had a bitter, hard life since I last heard your voice and if I’ve survived it’s all because of you.
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Terror made me cruel.
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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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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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I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.
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I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.
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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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You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!
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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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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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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
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