50+ Best Emily Brontë Quotes From The Author Of 'Wuthering Heights'Wuthering Heights'
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Emily Bronte is one of the Bronte sisters, who were all talented writers of their time.
Emily Bronte wrote the novel 'Wuthering Heights', her only novel. She also wrote poetry, so there are many great Emily Bronte quotes to inspire you.
“I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy and free. If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.”As said by Emily Bronte, this is a quote from her novel ‘Wuthering Heights.’ It is widely considered as a romantic novel.
'Wuthering Heights' is a classic of English literature and was influenced by Romanticism. 'Wuthering Heights' is a novel that is liked by many people.
She is popularly known for writing the book 'Wuthering Heights'. There are some who still read books instead of moving to the digital world by installing different applications in order to read books.
There are some who still visit libraries where they can sit and read a book. With the world getting more digital with each passing day, the essence of reading a book is slowing down as life speeds up.
If you are someone who loves reading books on romanticism, then here are some of the famous quotes for you. If you like this article, check out our quotes for 'Wuthering Heights' and [Charlotte Bronte].
Best Quotes By Emile Bronte
Emily Bronte is one of the greatest authors in the romantic genre. Her work is revered in the present time and she still enjoys a loyal fan following. Here are some of the best Emile Bronte quotes that are always a pleasure to read.
1. “Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!”
- Emile Bronte.
2. “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.
3. “If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.”
- Emily Bronte.
4. “I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”
- Emily Bronte.
5. “Terror made me cruel . . .”
- Emily Bronte.
6. “She burned too bright for this world.”
- Emily Bronte.
7. “I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have no power to feel for him.”
- Emily Bronte.
8. “You fight against that devil for love as long as you may, when the time comes, not all the angels in heaven shall save him.”
- Emily Bronte.
9. “I have dreamt 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.”
- Emily Bronte.
10. “If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave.”
- Emily Bronte.
11. “I have to remind myself to breathe- almost to remind my heart to beat.”
- Emily Bronte.
12. “It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.”
- Emily Bronte.
13. “Honest people don't hide their deeds.”
- Emily Bronte.
14. “I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.”
- Emily Bronte.
15. “He shall never know I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same.”
- Emily Bronte.
16. “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.”
- Emily Bronte.
17. “Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.”
- Emily Bronte.
18. “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.
19. “And I pray one prayer--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!...Be with me always--take any form--drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you!”
- Emily Bronte.
20. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same”
- Emily Bronte.
Famous Emily Bronte Quotes
'Wuthering Heights' is a novel that has covered many different themes such as life, women, men, loss, and the romanticism genre. The pleasure of new romance in the book makes it a favorite for every reader. Here are some of the famous Emily Bronte 'Wuthering Heights' quotes.
21. “You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!”
- Emily Bronte.
22. “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.”
- Emily Bronte.
23. “Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.”
- Emily Bronte.
24. “Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.”
- Emily Bronte.
25. “I hate him for himself, but despise him for the memories he revives.”
- Emily Bronte.
26. “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 color of my mind.”
- Emily Bronte.
27. “Existence, after losing her, would be hell.”
- Emily Bronte.
28. “Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I'll stay. If he shot me so, I'd expire with a blessing on my lips.”
- Emily Bronte.
29. “You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you.”
- Emily Bronte.
30. “He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it as a species of impertinence to love or hate again.”
- Emily Bronte.
31. “They forgot everything the minute they were together again.”
- Emily Bronte.
32. “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.”
- Emily Bronte.
33. “If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.”
- Emily Bronte.
34. “I 'never told my love' vocally; still, if looks have language, the merest idiot might have guessed I was over head and ears.”
- Emily Bronte.
35. “People feel with their hearts, Ellen: and since he has destroyed mine, I have no power to feel for him.”
- Emily Bronte.
Emily Bronte Love Quotes
Human beings cannot live without love as it is our true nature. Have you ever had your your heart broken or thought of someone whose heart you have broken? Here are some of the most loving quotes from Emily Bronte.
36. “A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”
- Emily Bronte.
37. “You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death!”
- Emily Bronte.
38. “I'm not going to act the lady among you, for fear I should starve.”
- Emily Bronte.
39. “You fight against that devil for love as long as you may; when the time comes, not all the angels in heaven shall save him!”
- Emily Bronte.
40. “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.”
- Emily Bronte.
41. “I cannot live without my life. I cannot live without my soul.”
- Emily Bronte.
42. “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.”
- Emily Bronte.
43. “Existence, after losing her, would be hell.”
- Emily Bronte.
44. “Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous.”
- Emily Bronte.
45. “You must forgive me, I have struggled only for you.”
- Emily Bronte.
46. “They forgot everything the minute they were together again.”
- Emily Bronte.
47. “And from the midst of cheerless gloom I passed to bright unclouded day.”
- Emily Bronte.
48. “No coward soul is mine, no trembler in the world’s storm troubled sphere.”
- Emily Bronte.
49. “As different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.”
- Emily Bronte.
50. “I am not going to act the lady among you, for fear I should starve.”
- Emily Bronte.
51. "I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy and free. If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day."
- Emily Bronte.
52. "A person who has not done one half his day work by ten o clock runs a chance of leaving the other half undone."
- Emily Bronte.
53. "I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it."
- Emily Bronte.
Here at Kidadl, we have created lots of interesting family-friendly quotes for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestion for the best Emily Bronte quotes from the author of ‘Wuthering Heights’ then why not take a look at Jane Austen quotes or classic literature quotes.
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