441 Quotes by Emily Brontë

Heaven did not seem to be my home; and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth; and the angels were so angry that they flung me out into the middle of the heath on the top of Wuthering Heights; where I woke sobbing for joy.

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;Lengthen night and shorten day;Every leaf speaks bliss to meFluttering from the autumn tree.I shall smile when wreaths of snowBlossom where the rose should grow;I shall sing when night’s decayUshers in a drearier day.

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

He possessed the power to depart, as much as a cat possesses the power to leave a mouse half killed, or a bird half eaten.

Being repulsed continually hardened her,

All sinners would be miserable in heaven.

he couldn’t love as much in eighty years, as i could in a day. (heathcliff about edgar, ch. XIV, p. 148)

You may fancy a glimpse of the abyss where I grovelled!

Meu espírito nunca esteve mais próximo de Deus do que ao contemplar aquela perfeita imagem do repouso divino. Instintivamente, repeti as palavras que ela pronunciara, algumas horas antes: "Incomparavelmente acima de todos nós — assim estava ela, Ainda na terra ou já no céu, o seu espírito já está unido a Deus!