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

It is strange people should be so greedy, when they are alone in the world.

You loved me-then what right had you to leave me? What right-answer me-for the poor fancy you felt for Linton? Because misery and degradation, and death, and nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will, did it. I have not broken your heart- you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine." ~Heathcliff

I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.

Alas, for the effects of bad tea and bad temper!

He... was attached by ties stronger than reason could break -- chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.

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.