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.
EMILY BRONTEThe clock strikes off the hollow half-hours of all the life that is left to you, one by one.
More Emily Bronte Quotes
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You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.
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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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I have lost the faculty of enjoying their destruction, and I am too idle to destroy for nothing.
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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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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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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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You’re hard to please: so many friends and so few cares, and can’t make yourself content.
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If 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.
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Earth reserves no blessing For the unblessed of Heaven!
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They forgot everything the minute they were together again.
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In secret pleasure — secret tears, This changeful life has slipped away.
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I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs…. Perhaps I am an exception.
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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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You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!
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You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties, for want of occasions for frittering your life away in silly trifles.
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