Nonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him?
EMILY BRONTEI will walk where my own nature would be leading.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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She burned too bright for this world.
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I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.
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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 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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It is hard to forgive, and to look at those eyes, and feel those wasted hands,’ he answered. ‘Kiss me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer—but yours! How can I?
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Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.
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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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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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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 see heaven’s glories shine and faith shines equal.
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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 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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It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.
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But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm’s length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I’ll rest.
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Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?
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