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Emily Brontë Quotes

97 Inspirational Quotes By Emily Bronte, The Author Of Wuthering Heights

Famous As: Novelist

Born On: 1818

Died On: 1848

Born In: Thornton, West Yorkshire

Died At Age: 30

If you ever have laid hands on a copy of ‘Wuthering Heights’, you would know the brilliance of Emily Bronte. A powerfully talented writer, novelist and poet, Bronte was a well-known English poet who gave English literature the classic novel, ‘Wuthering Heights’. Born to a clergyman father, Emily was the third of the four children born to Senior Bronte. Much like her sisters, Emily enjoyed writing poetry and novels. She often wrote under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Much of Emily’s earliest works revolve around the fictional world, Gondal, an imaginary place and inhabitants that she created in her books. Bronte’s big leap came in 1847 with her defining work, ‘Wuthering Heights’. Interestingly, the book gained limelight only after Bronte’s death and developed a reputation of a masterpiece. Bronte’s genius as a prolific writer can also be seen in her quotes that in few words convey a deeper meaning and thought. They cover a wide variety of subjects’ right from love, friendship, faith, living, death, spirituality and so on. Check this write-up and find some of the best quotes by Emily Bronte.

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He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
I
Emily Brontë

If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.

If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.
I
Emily Brontë

Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!

Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!
Me I
Emily Brontë

I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.

I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.
I
Emily Brontë

If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.

If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.
Love I
Emily Brontë

Terror made me cruel . . .
Me
Emily Brontë

I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.

I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.
You Heart I
Emily Brontë

I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.

I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.
Me Heart Power I
Emily Brontë

She burned too bright for this world.
Emily Brontë

If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave.

If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave.
You Me I
Emily Brontë

I have to remind myself to breathe -- almost to remind my heart to beat!

I have to remind myself to breathe -- almost to remind my heart to beat!
Heart I
Emily Brontë

It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.

It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.
Emily Brontë

Honest people don't hide their deeds.
Emily Brontë

I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.

I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together.
Love Together I
Emily Brontë

Nelly, I am Heathcliff - he's always, always in my mind - not as a pleasure, any more then I am always a pleasure to myself - but, as my own being.

Nelly, I am Heathcliff - he's always, always in my mind - not as a pleasure, any more then I am always a pleasure to myself - but, as my own being.
I
Emily Brontë

He shall never know I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same.

He shall never know I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made out of, his and mine are the same.
Love Never I
Emily Brontë

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.

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.
Emily Brontë

I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.

I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.
Emily Brontë

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.
Emily Brontë

You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!

You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!
You I
Emily Brontë

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.

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.
I
Emily Brontë

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
Emily Brontë

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire
Emily Brontë

Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.

Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.
Time
Emily Brontë

I'll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!

I'll be as dirty as I please, and I like to be dirty, and I will be dirty!
Like Will I
Emily Brontë

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

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same
Emily Brontë

I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... Why am I so changed? I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.

I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free... Why am I so changed? I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills.
I
Emily Brontë

Kiss me again, but don't let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer--but yours! How can I?

Kiss me again, but don't let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer--but yours! How can I?
You Me Love I
Emily Brontë