Famous Emily Bront Quotes

  • … I love him… not because he’s handsome… but because he’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same… – Emily Bront

    … I love him… not because he’s handsome… but because he’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same…– Emily Bront

  • When I asked her what was the matter? answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying! – Emily Bront

    When I asked her what was the matter? answered, she didn’t know; but she felt so afraid of dying!– Emily Bront

  • For the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it. – Emily Bront

    For the space of half a year, the gunpowder lay as harmless as sand, because no fire came near to explode it.– Emily Bront

  • As different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire. – Emily Bront

    As different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.– Emily Bront

  • Their eyes are precisely similar, and they are those of Catherine Earnshaw. – Emily Bront

    Their eyes are precisely similar, and they are those of Catherine Earnshaw.– Emily Bront

  • The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them. – Emily Bront

    The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don’t turn against him, they crush those beneath them.– Emily Bront

  • However miserable you make us, we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty arises from your greater misery. – Emily Bront

    However miserable you make us, we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty arises from your greater misery.– Emily Bront

  • To sneer at his imperfect attempt was very bad breeding. – Emily Bront

    To sneer at his imperfect attempt was very bad breeding.– Emily Bront

  • He shall never know how I love him – Emily Bront

    He shall never know how I love him– Emily Bront

  • 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 Bront

    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 Bront