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Emily Bronte Quotes

Emily Bronte quotes about struggle

English Novelist July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848

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WHAT vain weathercocks we are! I, who had determined to hold myself independent of all social intercourse, and thanked my stars that, at length, I had lighted on a spot where it was next to impracticable - I, weak wretch, after maintaining till dusk a struggle with low spirits and solitude, was finally compelled to strike my colours; and under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs. Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I... Emily Bronte
The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed, 'Let me in - let me in!' 'Who are you?' I asked, struggling, meanwhile, to disengage myself. 'Catherine Linton,' it replied, shiveringly (why did I think of LINTON? I had read EARNSHAW twenty times for Linton) - 'I'm come home: I'd lost my way on the moor!' As it spoke, I discerned, obscurely, a child's face looking through the window. Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte quote: ""You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone,..."
"You have left me so long to struggle against death, alone, that I feel and see only death! I feel like death! Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte quote: "You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you."
You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you. Emily Bronte
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. Emily Bronte

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