If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
EMILY BRONTEIt’s no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,’ she muttered.
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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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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I never told my love vocally still.
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I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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She burned too bright for this world.
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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 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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The winter wind is loud and wild, Come close to me, my darling child; Forsake thy books, and mate less play; And, while the night is gathering grey, We’ll talk its pensive hours away.
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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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By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.
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Oh, for the time when I shall sleep Without identity.
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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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Look on the grave where thou must sleep Thy last, and strongest foe; It is endurance not to weep, If that repose seem woe.
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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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