I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.
EMILY BRONTEI am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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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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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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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Terror made me cruel.
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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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I have lost the faculty of enjoying their destruction, and I am too idle to destroy for nothing.
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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 pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.
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I cannot love thee; thou ‘rt worse than thy brother. Go, say thy prayers, child, and ask God’s pardon. I doubt thy mother and I must rue that we ever reared thee!
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A heaven so clear, an earth so calm, So sweet, so soft, so hushed an air; And, deepening still the dreamlike charm, Wild moor-sheep feeding everywhere.
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Though earth and man were gone, And suns and universes ceased to be, And Thou wert left alone, Every existence would exist in Thee.
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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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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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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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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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