Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
EMILY BRONTEYes, as my swift days near their goal, ’tis all that I implore: In life and death a chainless soul, with courage to endure.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
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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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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
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It is hard to forgive, and to look at those eyes, and feel those wasted hands,’ he answered. ‘Kiss me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer—but yours! How can I?
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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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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You’re hard to please: so many friends and so few cares, and can’t make yourself content.
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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.
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Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
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If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
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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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If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
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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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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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