But you might as well bid a man struggling in the water, rest within arm's length of the shore! I must reach it first, and then I'll rest.
("Wuthering Heights")
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If he loved you with all the power of his soul for a whole lifetime, he couldn't love you as much as I do in a single day.Emily Bronte
I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
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A wild, wick slip she was - but, she had the bonniest eye and sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish and, after all, I believe she meant no harm for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her.
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Vain are the thousand creeds That move mens hearts unutterably vain Worthless and withered weeds, Or idlest froth amid the boundless main.
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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
I hate him for himself, but despise him for the memories he revives.
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