Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
EMILY BRONTEA person who has not done one half his day’s work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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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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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Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
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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 sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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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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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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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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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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No coward soul is mine.
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Terror made me cruel; and finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes.
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There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou – Thou art Being and Breath, And what Thou art may never be destroyed.
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Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, While the world’s tide is bearing me along; Sterner desires and darker hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong.
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That is how I’m loved! Well, never mind. That is not my Heathcliff. I shall love mine yet; and take him with me: he’s in my soul.
EMILY BRONTE