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I wish I could hold you," she continued bitterly, "till we were both dead!

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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.

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LinesI die but when the grave shall pressThe heart so long endeared to theeWhen earthy cares no more distressAnd earthy joys are nought to me.Weep not...more

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But, when the days of golden dreams had perished,And even Despair was powerless to destroy,Then did I learn how existence could be cherished,Strengthe...more

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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?

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

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He shall never know how I love him

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I was only going to say that 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 ...more

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Mr. Heathcliff, you have nobody to love you; and, however miserable you make us, we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty rises f...more

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I cannot express it; but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. What were the use of my c...more

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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 ...more

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

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He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.

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I have not broken your heart - you have broken it - and in breaking it, you have broken mine ... I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murdere...more

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I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer - but yours! How can I?