Emily Bronte on ignorance
Emily Bronte100 quotes“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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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte 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.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte Be with me always – take any form – drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I woke sobbing for joy.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte Nonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
Emily BronteEmily Bronte I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte 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!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte We must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte 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!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
Emily BronteEmily Bronte I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.
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It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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George OrwellGeorge Orwell Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new, lose both.
AesopAesop Freedom comes from seeing the ignorance of your critics and discovering the emptiness of their virtue.
Ayn RandAyn Rand I advise you to say your dream is possible and then overcome all inconveniences, ignore all the hassles and take a running leap through the hoop, even if it is in flames.
Les BrownLes Brown Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.
Steve JobsSteve Jobs We may ignore, but we can nowhere evade the presence of God. The world is crowded with Him. He walks everywhere incognito.
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