Emily Bronte Quotes

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

"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."

"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?"

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

"...my love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath - a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff - he's always, always in my mind - not as a pleasure, any more then I am always a pleasure to myself - but, as my own being..."

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

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

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

"He is more myself than I am. Whatever our two souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

"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"

"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."

"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."

"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."

"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!"

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

"Honest people don't hide their deeds."

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

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

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