Quotes by Emily Bronte

"Terror made me cruel."

"Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living."

"I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you."

"The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them."

"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."

"Honest people don't hide their deeds."

"If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results."

"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."

"Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?"

"I have dreamed 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."

"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."

"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."

"I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide."

"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

"Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home."

"Love is like the wild rose-briar Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?"

"I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal."

"I have dreamed 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."