Worthless as wither’d weeds.
EMILY BRONTEI’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.
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Cold in the earth and the deeps now piled above thee, Far, far, removed, cold in the dreary grave! Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee, Severed at last byTime’s all-serving wave?
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Nay, you’ll be ashamed of me everyday of your life,” he answered; “and the more ashamed, the more you know me; and I cannot bide it.
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Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?
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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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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.
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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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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
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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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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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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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Vain are the thousand creeds That move men’s hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main.
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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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I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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