Timeless quotes by Emily Brontë

Though she wrote only one book, Emily Brontë is an author who's name is known by all literature lovers. Born in England in 1818, she belonged to the Romantic period of literature. Her masterpiece 'Wuthering Heights' was published in 1847 and many thought it was written by a man at the time, for the passion and violence in it were so intense. Here are some quotes by her that underline the timelessness of her spirit:

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

“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.”

"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.”

“Honest people don't hide their deeds.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

“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.”