Emily Bronte Quotes

I lingered around them, under the benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.

The more the worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails!

He might as well plant an oak in a flower-pot, and expect it to thrive, as imagine he can restore her to vigour in the soil of his shallow cares!

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.

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.