The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
EMILY BRONTEI am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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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It is for God to punish wicked people; we should learn to forgive.
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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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I have fled my country and gone to the heather.
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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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You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!
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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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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. But if you be afraid of your touchiness, you must ask pardon, mind, when she comes in.
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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 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 express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you.
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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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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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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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