Emily Bronte Quotes

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

"I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind."

"Though earth and man were gone, / And suns and universes ceased to be, / And Thou were left alone, / Every existence would exist in Thee."

"No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere; I see Heaven's glories shine, And, Faith shines equal, arming me from Fear"

"A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone."

"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."

"I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself."

"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?"

"Honest people don't hide their deeds."

"If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results."

"Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living."

"I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide."

"I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you."

"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."

"Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home."

"I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal."

"Terror made me cruel."

"I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind."

"I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal..."

"You said I killed you - haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!"