Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
EMILY BRONTEIf all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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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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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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The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me, And I cannot, cannot go.
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What kind of living will it be when you – Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?
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Terror made me cruel; and finding it useless to attempt shaking the creature off, I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran down and soaked the bedclothes.
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A heaven so clear, an earth so calm, So sweet, so soft, so hushed an air; And, deepening still the dreamlike charm, Wild moor-sheep feeding everywhere.
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How cruel, your veins are full of ice-water and mine are boiling.
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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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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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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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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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A messenger of Hope comes every night to me, And offers for short life, eternal liberty.
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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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You know, I’ve had a bitter, hard life since I last heard your voice and if I’ve survived it’s all because of you.
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