Emily Bronte Quotes

A collection of quotes by Emily Bronte.

Emily Bronte (1818-1848) was an English novelist and poet, best known for her only novel, "Wuthering Heights." Born in Thornton, Yorkshire, she was the fifth of six children in the Bronte family. Emily, along with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, published a collection of poems under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Despite her short life, Emily's work continues to be celebrated for its intense passion, dark themes, and exploration of the human psyche. Her enigmatic and haunting novel, "Wuthering Heights," has become a classic of English literature.

With wide-embracing love Thy Spirit animates eternal years,

With wide-embracing love Thy Spirit animates eternal years, Pervades and broods above, Changes, sustains, dissolves, creates, and rears.

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me e

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.

Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-

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

First melted off the hope of youth Then Fancy's rainbow fast

First melted off the hope of youth Then Fancy's rainbow fast withdrew And then experience told me truth In mortal bosoms never grew 'Twas grief enough to think mankind All hollow servile insincere But worse to trust to my own mind And find the same corruption there

Experience Truth Trust Mind

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

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

Love

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.

Pride

A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad

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.

Goodness

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn agains

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

Tyranny

Vain are the thousand creeds that move men's hearts, unutter

Vain are the thousand creeds that move men's hearts, unutterably vain; Worthless as withered weeds, or idlest froth amid the boundless main.

Belief

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o c

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.

Work

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued livin

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

Death

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me e

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.

Dreams

I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me

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

Nature

Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacent

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

Home

Love is like the wild rose-briar Friendship like the holly-t

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?

Friendship

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it c

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.

Society

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

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

Faith