Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
EMILY BRONTEWondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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 wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
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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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Worthless as wither’d weeds.
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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
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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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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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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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Terror made me cruel.
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Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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I have to remind myself to breathe — almost to remind my heart to beat!
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A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.
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He might as well plant an oak in a flowerpot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!
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