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Quotes from Emily Bronte

He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle, and dance in a glorious jubilee.
~ Emily Bronte
Joseph, hazte cargo del caballo del señor Lockwood; y sube vino. «Supongo que la plantilla de empleados domésticos se reduce a uno —pensé al oír aquella orden múltiple—. No es de extrañar que la hierba crezca entre los adoquines y que el ganado sea el único que poda los setos.»
~ Emily Bronte
She drove us all to distraction, but she had the sweetest smile and so no one could stay angry with her for long.
~ Emily Bronte
It formed a sweet picture.  The long light hair curled slightly on the temples; the eyes were large and serious; the figure almost too graceful.  I did not marvel how Catherine Earnshaw could forget her first friend for such an individual.
~ Emily Bronte
No! I tell you, I have such faith in Linton's love, that I believe I might kill him, and he wouldn't wish to retaliate.' I advised her to value him the more for his affection.
~ Emily Bronte
Because, in my heart, I'm convinced that I'm wrong.
~ Emily Bronte
and eyes, had they been agreeable in expression, that would have been irresistible: fortunately for my susceptible heart, the only sentiment they evinced hovered between scorn and a kind of desperation
~ Emily Bronte
Be with me always, Take any form, Drive me mad, only don't leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you
~ Emily Bronte
Las personas orgullosas no hacen más que atormentarse a sí mismas.
~ Emily Bronte
Qual seria o sentido da minha existência, se eu ficasse restrita ao que existe aqui?
~ Emily Bronte
Every Linton on the face of the Earth could melt into nothing before I'd agree to give up Heathcliff.
~ Emily Bronte
Twas grief enough to think mankind All hollow, servile, insincere; But worse to trust to my own mind And find the same corruption there
~ Emily Bronte
ella ha debido casarse con este patán creyendo que no hay otros que valgan más que él. Es lamentable. Y yo debo procurar que, por culpa mía, no vaya a arrepentirse de su elección.»
~ Emily Bronte
Everything I do is linked to Heathcliff because it's impossible for us to be separated. My love for Linton is like the leaves on the trees but my love for Heathcliff is like the rocks on the moors. He is always in my mind – so don't ever talk of separation again…
~ Emily Bronte
Estén nuestras almas de lo que estén hechas, la suya y la mía son iguales, [...].
~ Emily Bronte
Perhaps such fragile happiness could never have lasted, but the way it came to an end was worse than anyone could have imagined.
~ Emily Bronte
she has thrown herself away upon that boor from sheer ignorance that better individuals existed!
~ Emily Bronte
There were no signs of the ruffian he used to be. Only his eyes, I noticed, were still full of fire.
~ Emily Bronte
My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods. Time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees - 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 than I am always a pleasure to myself - but, as my own being - so, don't talk of our separation again - it is impracticable
~ Emily Bronte
May you not rest as long as I am living. You say I have killed you, -haunt me then!
~ Emily Bronte
One was about forty: a period of mental vigour at which men seldom cherish the delusion of being married for love by girls:
~ Emily Bronte
Honest people don't keep their actions hidden…
~ Emily Bronte
I'll not lie there by myself: they may bury me twelve feet deep and throw the church down over me; but I won't rest till you are with me… I never will!
~ Emily Bronte
Why do you want to convince me there's no happiness in the world?
~ Emily Bronte