Quotes from Emily Bronte
Now all is dashed wrong; by the fool's craving to hear evil of self, that haunts some people like a demon!
- Emily Bronte
So, with a ready heart I swore To seek their altar-stone no more; And gave my spirit to adore Thee, ever-present, phantom thing My slave, my comrade, my king
- Emily Bronte
I repeat it till my tongue stiffens—Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you—haunt me, then!
- Emily Bronte
The longer he stood, the plainer his reflections revealed their blackness through his features.
- Emily Bronte
Half thinking, half dreaming, happier than words can express.
- Emily Bronte
It is strange people should be so greedy when they are alone in the world!
- Emily Bronte
The young man evidently thought it too bad that he should be laughed at for his ignorance, and then laughed at for trying to remove it.
- Emily Bronte
There was such anguish in the gush of grief that accompanied this raving, that my compassion made me overlook its folly.
- Emily Bronte
I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling—to manifestations of mutual kindliness. He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again.
- Emily Bronte
People who do their duty are always finally rewarded.
- Emily Bronte
The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!
- Emily Bronte
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:
- Emily Bronte