Quotes from Emily Bronte

Qualunque ricordo di quelli che abbiamo amati in vita, ci diventa prezioso quand'essi sono morti.

Then the language he had held to her rankled in her heart; she who was always 'love,' and 'darling,' and 'queen,' and 'angel,' with everybody at the Grange, to be insulted so shockingly by a stranger!

Es más yo que yo misma. Sea cual sea la sustancia de la que están hechas nuestras almas, la suya y la mía son idénticas.

he couldn't love as much in eighty years, as i could in a day. (heathcliff about edgar, ch. XIV, p. 148)

you have a heart and nerves the same as your brother men! Why should you be anxious to conceal them? Your pride cannot blind God! You tempt him to wring them, till he forces a cry of humiliation.

Nelly, yo soy Heathcliff.

one loving and desiring to esteem; and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed - they contrived in the end to reach it.

I felt that God had forsaken the stray sheep there to its own wicked wanderings, and an evil beast prowled between it and the fold, waiting his time to spring and destroy.

Why did you betray your own heart, Cathy? I

Heathcliff measured the height and breadth of the speaker with an eye full of derision.

Usted sabe tan bien como yo que por cada pensamiento que dedique a Linton tiene mil para mí

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 should not seem a part of it.

the entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exit, and that i have lost her. (heathcliff about catherine, ch. XIX, p. 325)

Spellbound The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go. The giant trees are bending Their bare boughs weighed with snow. And the storm is fast descending, And yet I cannot go. Clouds beyond clouds above me, Wastes beyond wastes below; But nothing drear can move me; I will not, cannot go.

Her spirit was high, though not rough, and qualified by a heart sensitive and lively to excess in its affections.

No se de que estaran hechas las almas; pero la suya y la mia son iguales

They do live more in earnest, more in themselves, and less in surface change, and frivolous external things.

Y la de Linton es tan distinta como un rayo de luna de un relampago o como el hielo del fuego

Yo no te he destrozado el corazón; tú sola te lo has destrozado, y al hacerlo has destrozado también el mío

Entérate de que me consta que me has tratado horriblemente, ¿te enteras?, horriblemente. Si te figuras que no lo sé, eres una necia, y si te imaginas que me consuelas con palabras dulces, eres una idiota, y si piensas que no me tomaré venganza de ello, pronto te convencerás de lo contrario.

Porque ni las miserias, ni la degradación, ni la muerte, ni nada de lo que Dios o Satanás pudieran infligirnos habría podido separarnos; lo hiciste tú, por tu propio pie. No he sido yo quien te ha roto el corazón, te lo has roto tú misma y de paso me has roto el mío.

Cathy's a monster but there were a few things she got right. 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 love him better than myself, Ellen; and I know it by this: I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be: that proves I love him better than myself.' 'Good words,' I replied.  'But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.

Aussi ne saura-t-il jamais comme je l'aime; et cela, non parce qu'il est beau, (…), mais parce qu'il est plus moi-même que je ne le suis