If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
EMILY BRONTEA 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.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town.
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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!
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Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.
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No coward soul is mine.
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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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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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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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Terror made me cruel.
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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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There is not room for Death, Nor atom that his might could render void: Thou – Thou art Being and Breath, And what Thou art may never be destroyed.
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The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.
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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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I have to remind myself to breathe — almost to remind my heart to beat!
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Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?
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May you not rest, as long as I am living. You said I killed you – haunt me, then.
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