Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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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The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.
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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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Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
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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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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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Terror made me cruel.
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He was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.
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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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What kind of living will it be when you – Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?
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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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I’ll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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