I believe the dead are at peace, but it is not right to speak of them with levity.
("Wuthering Heights")
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By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate.Emily Bronte
Gimmerton chapel bells were still ringing and the full, mellow flow of the beck in the valley came soothingly on the ear. It was a sweet substitute for the yet absent murmur of the summer foliage, which drowned that music about the Grange when the trees were in leaf.
Emily Bronte
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.
Emily Bronte
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
Emily Bronte
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
Emily Bronte
I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide.
Emily Bronte
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