It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
EMILY BRONTEOh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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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I shall smile when wreaths of snow Blossom where the rose should grow.
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I have fled my country and gone to the heather.
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Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.
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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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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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My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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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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You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!
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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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I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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Thoughts are tyrants that return again and again to torment us.
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I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
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